Rottin’ Apple

Hey tired man, I see you walk alone
The wrinkles on your face
A map of all your pain
Your expression becomes an open book of time
Filled with pages of forgotten hopes
Good intentions, regret, disillusion with life
Animosity, unbridled purity
All these things that I swear I see
And your eyes tell me all you could never be

So many times I've stared into the eyes
Of the young, the old
The lonely and the wise
Just to find a glimpse of all I have not seen
Just to find some peace for my jaded mind

Don't wanna live my life by the second hand
Of a clock that's long since passed me by
You say I've got to stay in line
Well, your line is going nowhere and
So are you

Choices, decisions made, smokin' away
The pain inside
Sit back and watch it all go by

We could never find
The peace of mind we need
We hid it all away for another day
Sit back everything's gonna be alright

Rivers of pain map your agin' skin
Your expression a journal
Of where you've been
All your dreams and your chances lost
You walk along that dotted line

Go

Do you remember a time
When you used to dream?
Do you remember a time
When you used to live?
All your dreams and chances they're
All gone

So you gave it all away
Unable to say all you wanna say
Look at you now - turned out to be
Face of misery
Look at you now
A rottin' apple's all I see