Project 86 - Stalemate Lyrics
I've sought so hard to sustain this gainNow watch me give this ground awayWhat can I do but admit I'm in over my head?Colors fade from blue to dark redI'm back (sic) into a corner by my choicesI'm hearing those same dark voicesAt the mercy of my desires helpless, trivialI'm left with no defensesStimulus, response, repeated failures-I'm sickThis sickness fills my sensesBut despite my apparent loss I see releaseThis Stalemate, my peaceYour wilderness is StalemateYou can't move against meStalemateThe walls built around meBut as this theme continues to follow close behind, I see so clearlyIf I would only let go of my tendenciesI would know what it is to be freeI can't win when I indulge this fantasyReduced as a pawn led to misery"A little detour won't hurt let me change you slowlyA moment's pleasure, but you'll owe me."All encompassing defeat awaits the dayI choose to plunge and embrace this nightmareBut the night has an end and I see you and you see me as the dawn of the oneWho has adopted my ailment, my sicknessMy Stalemate reveals my blindness to my own conditionI'll still run away from six seconds of defeat, six years of agonyI'll still stand at odds with six seconds of defeat, six years of agonyI'm senseless, erode my sensesTo fill my day with indulgence which leads to my undoingI'll never look back, I'll never taste it again.
