Years spent on backs, sliding to avoid the tripwires   Stumbled into traps, reluctant yes, all teeth ground down   Jokes that we hated but laughed at   And passion sought but scoffed at   Anxiety and risk outweighed the disappointment   Sandpaper hands and dumpster smiles   Buzzards overhead and targeting their new found meals   For one to live, one must die, in this life   Of paper idols, broken halos   The cataracts of righteousness have hazed the vision of the masses   Of sleepers under overpasses   Two eyes like mine, reduced to wheels   Much unlike old schoolyard fights   There is no win   And the steel dust blows, diamond smiles   The second hand is winding close   We're imploding like varicose   Lay down your cards, lay down your arms, concede   Believe