BLOODSHOT

Verse1

The sweat is pouring down your neck
Your life's on a knife edge
Its tumbling out of control
The blood keeps rushing to your head
Your mind is a battle
To sacrifice or to betray

Chorus

Drops down to his knees
And prays for an end
To the dilemma
Impossible choice
If he will die
His honour is safe
If he will live
His brother is slain

The hopeless position
It must slow down
A state of confusion
Terrible shock
Waiting for death
Plummeting to the ground
The look in his eyes
His stare is bloodshot

Verse2

Are you here or are you not?
Reality falling around you
And no one can help
The weight is crushing on your spine
Two lives in your hands
It's his blood or your own

Verse3

Ripped in half one half to stone
What once was hope now stands unknown
No path could clear a wall so steep
The only refuge in your sleep
To wake from dreams into nightmares
Stuck in the dark alone and confused
To find yourself torn between two thoughts
Why does the mind play tricks on you?

(Matt Dawson)

(Copyright Pantheon 2008)