ringing hallow

i feel the face, the one looking back i hear the words, that the faceless speak i see the image, its not what i know i taste the pain, that has consumed me another cog in the machine as the wheel keeps turning yet another obscurity it cements with maturity another ghostly shape i add to the list the final moment one i face in shame as the years flew past the past becomes present the one thing i cant escape it seems to be my only fate as the hands catch up nowhere to escape at the stroke of midnight the last bell tolls tonight i look in the mirror, the glass doesn't crack it was crooked to start, i didn't smile back i tracked the lines, but the line was flat so it led to nowhere, and i begin to faulter laying down on the floor over staring at the wall struggling to endure the weight i can not shake now i know what i see know what could really be the futures open for all but me i sold my chance gave away control so i would have a way to cope as the years flew past the past becomes present the one thing i cant escape it seems to be my only fate as the hands catch up nowhere to escape at the stroke of midnight the last bell tolls tonight