Все мы принуждены ради того, чтобы сделать жизнь сносной, защищаться от нее каким нибудь чудачеством. (с) Марсель Пруст
"So afraid to open your eyes, you know too well that which awaits you - something undefined there in the halflight. The demon without, the demon inside, to plague and torment you. Feeling so sure, feeling so uncertain that something is wrong. Everyone's gone and you have been left behind. Everyone left the demon inside.
Do you still hear their laughter, so hard to describe? You never forget the faces that haunt you. Awake or asleep, I know you can't tell. Unable to sleep, unable to fight, unwilling to wake, to open your eyes to face your oppressor. Still, you go on convinced it will end.
Can you remember a day when it was not like this? Unsure of yourself, unsure of your thoughts, unable to know if what you think is right or wrong. Still you go on convinced it will end, like someone pushes a blade through your mind there on the edge where no one will find you, still hearing them laugh. Is there no light at the end for you?
Why is everything wrong?
Here I am, here I am with these words, trying to say something I can't tell you. Nothing is wrong. The demons, they have left you. You were not left behind. So open your eyes. Unable to sleep, unable to fight, unwilling to wake. Please open your eyes, for here I stand, unable to tell you what I am trying to say.
Nothing is wrong. Please open your eyes, nothing is wrong. You were not left behind."
~ "Left Behind," VNV Nation
Do you still hear their laughter, so hard to describe? You never forget the faces that haunt you. Awake or asleep, I know you can't tell. Unable to sleep, unable to fight, unwilling to wake, to open your eyes to face your oppressor. Still, you go on convinced it will end.
Can you remember a day when it was not like this? Unsure of yourself, unsure of your thoughts, unable to know if what you think is right or wrong. Still you go on convinced it will end, like someone pushes a blade through your mind there on the edge where no one will find you, still hearing them laugh. Is there no light at the end for you?
Why is everything wrong?
Here I am, here I am with these words, trying to say something I can't tell you. Nothing is wrong. The demons, they have left you. You were not left behind. So open your eyes. Unable to sleep, unable to fight, unwilling to wake. Please open your eyes, for here I stand, unable to tell you what I am trying to say.
Nothing is wrong. Please open your eyes, nothing is wrong. You were not left behind."
~ "Left Behind," VNV Nation