Confusion Sets In Silently(Only to Linger)

people of the world
destroying everything i loved
little by little, everything changes
is it for the better?
i take a bitter look around
and see no progress

where will we be 10 years from now
nothing to prove anymore
apathy, the disease of the ignorant and proud
rivers of blood to show how we've "progressed"

as a whole, we have done nothing
as a whole, we choose to obsess
over temporary ideals and clouded theories

we still know nothing

it's as if this standstill will last forever
and i hate to be apart of it all
but what choice am i given
what choice do i have

if there was a way around this wreckage
would we take it?
or will we walk right through it
as if we're all okay

we're so used to lying to ourselves
we forgot the power of truth
now all we know is to survive the next
backlash of broken opportunities

a smashed entity of disgrace
we compose it all, and watch it fall
confusion sets in within me
and lingers to the slow paced death
i have allowed myself to take