Through a mirror, thought reflecting the past Coming cleaner, just to leave me aghast Tales to remember, serve to dismember my mind And send me backward in time Restless slumber, breathing life from my cell Still encumbered with the burdens of hell Join in the slaughter Just treading water and time Is that what keeps me in line? Whirling vortex caught in relative speed Warping matter, gravitational greed Born in the center, slowly descended in time Survival's my only crime Thoughts awaken, only taken by force On the spectrum, leading back to its source Join the slaughter Just treading water and time Survival's my only crime