Severed
Imperative Reaction Lyrics

You will give up, you always do
You have a history of giving up and not following through with things.

And time won't let you follow through
You often use time as an excuse for not accomplishing your goals.

Your weakness has shown
Your lack of determination and strength has been exposed.

And now you're everything they've thrown at you
You have become the embodiment of all the negative things people have thrown at you.

You knew the tide was coming
You were aware that a difficult time was approaching.

You cast yourself adrift
You allowed yourself to become lost and directionless.

You burned your empty words and fucked it up again
You failed to keep your promises and messed things up once again.

Now the colors drain like blood
Your life and motivation are draining away like blood.

Down the canvas you abandoned
You have given up on something you used to care about.

And shadows hide the words you replace with excuses
You are covering up your failures with excuses.

But excuses lose their weight
Excuses become ineffective when you are backed into a corner.

When you're forced into a corner
When you are faced with a difficult situation that requires action.

And the one you once believed in
The person or thing you used to have faith in.

Has left you there alone
Has abandoned you during a difficult time.

Now what can you show
What do you have left to prove your worth?

For all the dreams you trampled on
For all the dreams and aspirations you gave up on.

Now how does it feel
How does it feel to have lost everything?

When everything you had is gone
When you have lost all the things that used to be important to you.

Now what can you say
What do you have to say for yourself?

For the life you fought so hard to live
For the life you sacrificed and struggled to achieve.

How can you walk away when this was everything you wanted
How can you give up on something that was your biggest aspiration?

Now how can you say this was nothing that you needed
You can't pretend that your dreams and goals didn't matter.

How can you fall apart in a time that is so crucial
Why are you crumbling during a significant moment?

You are too lost
You are too mired in your own problems to see the bigger picture.

You'll always be
Your problems will always be present in your life.

Too caught up in your world to see
You are too focused on your own issues to see the world around you.

Reality has spoken and you've turned the other way
You are avoiding the truth and refusing to face reality.

You'll always have a reason to deny what you've destroyed
You will always find justifications for the things you have ruined.

You burned your acid words
You used hurtful and damaging language.

And left it all behind
You abandoned everything, including the things that were truly important.

Now the reasons fall like cinders from the fire you avoided
The reasons for your failure are coming to light and they are the direct result of your avoidance.

And whispers shun the failures you tried so hard to hide
Even others will stop covering up for your failures and start pointing them out.

But whispers lose their trust
Others stop trusting you when you are weak and unreliable.

When you're lost and apathetic
When you are directionless and indifferent to your own problems.

And the one you once believed in is a total fucking loss
Even the person or thing you had faith in has let you down and is no longer reliable.