They say you can be defined That the parts make up the sum You are not simply what you do I am not only what I've done We fell from grace only recently So I hid my face to keep my sanity This plague, it eats a little more of me away This rage, it will destroy what I've become some day CHORUS: The new year opens with tears No shield for this pain The sobs that burn my ears The sobs that pound like rain A deep seeded hatred of our fellow man Contempt for all other life Not so unlike a swarm of flies But still we think we know what's right I stare back at my face My eyes must show no sign Of all I've come to regret I'm all I've come to despise