You Are the Reason

You are the reason you lost all your friends

You are the reason your romances end

You are the reason you’re all alone

You are the reason and you can’t atone

 

You are the reason we hate religion

You are the reason we hate politicians

You are the reason we have division

I’m starting to think this was your mission

 

You are the reason the world’s on fire

You are the reason we hang by a wire

You are the reason we’re too damn tired

To raise any children in a world of killin’

 

You are the reason we cannot forgive you

You are the reason you need all the tissues

You are the reason for your own damn tears

You didn’t lead with hope, you led with fear

 

Now who could I be talking to when I say “you”?

A former friend? Some relatives? Some troll with loose screws?

The answer is yes, you and all the rest, and I said it best

Here comes Armageddon, we won’t let you forget it

 

I am the reason you’re gone forever

I am the reason we never speak ever

I am the reason for all the boundaries

I set them up and I say it proudly

 

I am the reason my life is much better

I am the reason, I am the trendsetter

I am the reason why I still have hope

Let you back in? That’s a big nope!

Oath Breaker

VERSE 1

I know this comes off as some shocking news

But a paladin’s powers can be abused

When he sends the orcs to the undertaker

He embraces the role of a fallen oath breaker

No more healing powers to wield

No more cutting undead with zeal

Just another tin can with a sword and shield

The consequences are always real

VERSE 2

A lesser man would sit behind bars

With his date of release so distant and far

But an oath breaker has a redemption arc

Another chance to leave a positive mark

Does he deserve it? Only time will tell

Everybody seems to think he belongs in hell

He’s more nuclear than a plutonium rod

Giving cancer to even the mightiest gods

VERSE 3

To burn an evil empire into smoldering dust

Is the only way to regain the common man’s trust

To derail the elven sex trafficking train

Is the only way to break the slavery chains

To slay the giants who destroy the town

Is the only way to regain the holy crown

Save the world just like you did before

Even if it means you have to win your own war

VERSE 4

The final judgment shall be cast upon you

But the verdict is something you already knew

Couldn’t erase the past from traumatized minds

A cell in the underworld is all you’ll find

Let he who’s without sin cast the first stone

Guaranteed broken bones even though you atoned

You can dig up dirty laundry from behind the grave

To the sins of the past, everybody is a slave