Tony Xenos

Lyrics

Defeating the Drama (Carnival of Images)

Finding a shred of relief scattered across 25 years
Hold the candle to the light and burn up what’s left of your sight
Your weakness discovered a trace of the line
The division of self-preservation that you hide behind

I peered out from the inside and said this was not rooted in pride
A shudder shook through me, a force both illusive and free
Chipping this weight from your shoulders, what will I find?
Reveal a frozen desire not yet refined?

A carnival of images
Turning fact into fiction is just what I was thinking
Not saying or perhaps not relaying
It’s a struggle in balancing:
Defeating the drama for me

We step cautiously now
Wondering where we’ll come outT
hen fall back into fear
Days later we full-circle here

The cell barring our freedom is all that remains
But we’re reaching out for the trigger to loosen our chains

A carnival of images
Turning fact into fiction is just what I was thinking
Not saying or perhaps not relaying
It’s a struggle in balancing:
Defeating the drama for me--
Reflections of cowardice is really just what it is
It is just this