Giving up is sweet release. Shatter your faith to find freedom. Nightmares are just dreams. This life is just a dream. Walk with me but have no faith in me, For I have lost all my hope in you, And this is what love is meant to be. I see the beauty of despair in a dead leaf Tumbling on the breeze To a destiny of being forgotten And reduced to dust. We are dead leaves, We have nothing but ourselves, Our gods are all broken idols Gazing at us mournfully, Useless mortal deities, Powerless to save. In me is the graveyard of gods, The tomb of hope unremembered, The monument rising black to a scarred sky In honor of my hate for life And my rejection of you, For you are not me. When despair is achieved, Salvation is found within.