Lion Man

Lion Man

This is what you do

You’ve done it all before

You pursue, you pounce, you devour

Leaving only blood soaked grass

And paw marks where you’ve tread

You run fast, afraid of Truth

You wipe your heart, your mind

Anything to forget, to erase

Those people you once “loved”

Those faces that you’ve slaughtered

The lies you tell yourself

You’re the worst kind of thief

You greet with smiles, kisses

Charm your way around a room.

To eye your victims, test their resolve,

Teach them the rules

To your unbeatable game

You’re a fraud, a con artist, a liar

Who loves no one, not even himself

You chew up and spit out the sincerest of people

Those who believed in you, who saw your light

Those who lied for you, honored you, saved you

Remember the people who loved you

Who cared enough to risk it all?

Remember what it felt like to be loved

To be seen, accepted, and cherished

Through the rise and fall?

People are more than flesh and bone

More than pawns in your game,
objects to steal

You string them along and they'll shatter

They'll rot, they'll decay,

Oh Lion Man,

Can’t you see?

The path to redemption is there

Out of the darkness, its valley of guilt, mountain of lies

Back through the blood stained grass

Where the light of Truth blazes

Where the real you, the lion cub you, awaits.