Schizm - Fourteen Lyrics

Fell in love when I was a kid
To an idea, I could start something
On the stage when the stairs went blank
Stepping forward and never looked back
A different time, a different place
An angry youth, wore our wounds upon our face
The kinship, a lasting bond
The same struggle yet the burden was passed on

Now I still relate to the kid in the back row
Quietly sitting as time passes so slow
Nothing we hear will pull us away
From repetitive thoughts of escape
ESCAPE
Frantically seeking a sense of acknowledgement
Without representation the books all fell silent
I took out my markers and started to cover
What I can't connect

Amidst a paradox
Undoctored, disregard
Life lessons that we're all flawed
Why follow when I can evolve
We Step away, we find our place
Expresses identity, discomfort on your face
Became the pun, I wouldn't laugh
When pushed away from the poisonous grasp

Now I still relate to the kid in the back row
Quietly sitting as time passes so slow
Nothing we hear will pull us away
From repetitive thoughts of escape
ESCAPE
By chance an encounter that opened my eyes
Debilitating scream, a warm embrace
Rejected my fears, holistic my faith
I had escaped

Not knowing, I took the plunge, euphoric counter clause
That moment, never gone, a lifestyle denouement
What would become, was always there, animosity that no one could bare
Broke the seal, now I can't stop, 'til I make certain I've righted the wrongs

When the time came, To grow up, pushed away that poisonous cup
How elusive, we've become, independent, veered away from the rut

At just 14, we found our strength, and let go

Now I still relate to the kid in the back row
Quietly sitting as time passes so slow
Nothing we hear will pull us away
From repetitive thoughts of escape
ESCAPE
By chance an encounter that opened my eyes
Debilitating scream, a warm embrace
Rejected my fears, holistic my faith
I had escaped