Which is more elusive   freedom or sanity   When one disappears the other   follows so quickly      Certain species, races, beings are gifted, you see   with the power to rob us of either   should they feel so inclined   to bother      The land is run by a man-made set of rules   described as Holy or patriotic tools   Ethics are invented,   although a consciousness is not   Adamant beliefs are highly protected   and when challenged frequently emerge victorious      You can't speak, think or feel   Severed wings never heal   So justifies the kill      Wait out the winter   Under forced custody   The static cold feels more like home   than this open-armed penitentiary   and we embrace the comfort of lost liberty      So fictile is identity   without self-governance   That's why free-thinkers always feel   so lost and desperate      And I just witnessed my first death   I watched the last escaping breath   I just saw a life turn into death   For them to claim it doesn't count   is reckless, blind ignorance      A cry for help - silenced   I saw her go...    I don't know where   a frightened stare    became a lifeless glare      Suddenly she was no longer there with me   although I'm there with her   I didn't know when it was okay to exhale   The excuse-making race decides   that breaking their own laws applies   But, taking ANY life is wrong   I feel the pain for every one      Though you can stand, learn, still ignore   the weight of knowledge cracks glass floors   Ink runs quickly, blood runs slow   So wait for the rain waters to flood the snow      Wait out the winter   Under forced custody   The static cold feels more like home   than this open-armed penitentiary   and we embrace the comfort of..      Disgrace yourself because you've caged yourself in   Destined path's a dead-end   Eyes take snapshots from broken clocks   Motion slows to a sleep-walk   and senses shut down with the frost   and All is ending   Mental hibernation