I’m stranded in this gruesome place

I cannot recognize

Abandoned and lonely I stay

Though no one hears my cries

As I walk through this wasteland

of wilderness and desolation

I am consumed with anguish

I walk this road with hesitation

Chorus:

A flaw like me stands on the grave of dreams

My shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

Weary is my voice as I continue to plea

My only hope now is if you come and save me

There’s more pain here than at the last turn

And as agony and torment spews from my pores

I wonder how much more should I endure...

To get that sympathy of yours

Until I’m enveloped in grief

Buried alive on my feet

Dirt in my eyes, nose, mouth, and lungs

I won’t throw up my flag in defeat

Chorus:

A flaw like me stands on the grave of dreams

My shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

Weary is my voice as I continue to plea

My only hope now is if you come and save me

I’m tired to my bones and beyond

My swollen eyes no longer see

And my wings of escape are broken...

Like a newborn fledgling falling free

But still somewhere I think there is

My battered hope a fragile seed

It waits for that enticing day

When the light held captive will be freed

Chorus:

A flaw like me stands on the grave of dreams

My shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

Weary is my voice as I continue to plea

My only hope now is if you come and save me

What right do they think they have?

Treating me like that

It’s not the body they hurt

The victim’s soul they attack

Why have we not been created equally?

Someone please explain to me

Racism, discrimination and prejudice

Is all this really necessary?

Chorus:

A flaw like me stands on the grave of dreams

My shadow shouts on a nightmare scream

Weary is my voice as I continue to plea

My only hope now is if you come and save me

You locked eyes with me that very bitter, gruesome night

And they dared you to turn away

From the injustice, inequalities, ignorance

Move on to some romantic scene that lives outside the gray

You tasted grief and empathy

And the mix was all too vile

More bitter than any sympathy

Cranking out disquiet and bile

Chorus:

A flaw like me stands on the grave of dreams

My shadow shouts on a nightmare scream 

Weary is my voice as i continue to plea

My only hope now is if you come and save me