There's Always Someone Tougher And Meaner

Curtains hide from the prying eyes off of the television's glow

As three friends sit in their home so far away from home

For we cut ourselves from a sinking ship

Found only more drugs and booze

Old habits took hold

While we slept from the breath of the moon

And a pendulum swings with an axe guided weight

Cutting lives from a never growing stone

A tender voice is often heard where the truth is seldom told

It's a hard earned disgrace when the brunt of the (?) finds the faces of friend and family

As our futures turned out to be what they hoped or believed

And we made our way playing heartbreaking games

And our eyes are the bitterest of truth

Intentions speak not as loud as the choices made in you

And it's been a long hard winter

We danced near the fire 'til we withered away

We shook and we slept long in the morning

Oh your face could be that of a stranger

As the rose on your cheek turned to gray

The mirror showed who we are

Not who we long to be

Though my words hit you like a bare knuckle boxer

Whipping boy you've been beaten by yourself

So caught in the coma but whisper and you hear the devil's howl

Both strong willed and weak

You hold the tools to escape

My dearest friend, I cannot hold you alone

And I fear the path on which you travel

I could never follow along

And we made our way playing heartbreaking games

And our eyes are the bitterest of truth

Intentions speak not as loud as the choices made in you

And it's been a long hard winter

We danced near the fire 'til we withered away

We shook and slept long in the morning

Oh your face could be that of a stranger

As the rose on your cheek turned to gray

The mirror showed who we are

Not who we long to be

And it's been a long hard winter

We danced near the fire 'til we withered away

We shook and slept long in the morning