Tareq

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A HOLE IN THE WALL

You carry this world around
Funny how you never make a sound
End up in the lost and found
Funny how you never cry out loud

You keep running into
The same old walls
The ones that trapped you
A long time ago

At night the moon sneaks through
Windows made out of holes
For the daylight to keep you
From joining the shadow-like hordes

I’ve never once seen the light
Never once spent a day without pain
I’ve only seen the world through these eyes
Never once seen a cloud that held no rain

At night I long for sleep
I rest my back to the soft concrete
Dreams are nothing but blank screens
Seems to be the one thing that’s real

The earth crumbles beneath my feet
Cracks come running down my walls
Seems my prayers hit belief
Here comes the answer to my calls

I make my way through the darkness
In time my eyes adjust the scene
Men and women cry out helpless
I hope they someday find their peace

Tareq

Time goes by without you
Oh it moves so slow
Much slower than I want to
And I got nowhere to go
And after all we've been through
Life lost it's glow
And now I can't hold you
But that won't be for long

I'll stay here next to you
I won't go anywhere
You won't leave me darling
This won't be the day
I know you still hear me
I feel you in the air
I know you're around me
Coz you've always been there

I'll pray here next to you
But I'll keep my volume low
I hope my voice would soothe you
Drive your fears back home
This box that now keeps you
I'll make it feel like home
I'll plant flowers for you
I'll never leave you alone

I'll lay here next to you
I won't go anywhere
Darling I won't leave you
There will never come a day
Just hold on and wait
Together we'll move on
I'll stay as long as it takes
Until I'm ash and bone

Tareq

In this life
There’s a million parasites
They will eat you up inside
And they’ll leave you to rot behind

In this life
You no longer trust your friends
You are used to everyone’s dark ends
And you doubt their intentions

In this life
You tend to lose your will to live
Pray to god for the day it ends
The day you stop all of these pretends

In this life
There are moments when you feel like you don't belong
Like a stranger in your home
Like your body is not your own
When everything you say is judged
And everything you do is wrong
And you don't have it in you to rise after the fall

So you escape to that place that nobody knows
Feel the fresh air and choose where the wind blows
The middle of nowhere where the sun shines so bright
And its warmth hits your skin and again you feel alive
A place so beautiful that a tear drops from your eye

But then you realize that it's just a place to hide
That this moment will pass and you'll end up in the real life
Where the wind blows against you and you're trapped under their sky

Then it gets so dark again
And the walls start closing in
And you're locked outside and no one lets you in
And you scream at the top of your voice
And you scream till your lungs give in

Tareq

I walk the streets in the shadows
The light gives away who I am
A casual smile I borrow
Life is cruel to my kind

The life I live is hollow
And my sky is filled with clouds
For company I have my sorrow
A dear friend I carry around

In times when I set and wallow
In self-pity I find my path
And I know the road to follow
The one to keep away the wrath

One look at me and you'll start running
Children walk past me and I hear them crying
I've always thought that everything has a reason
And that everyone has a purpose

Countless times I've fallen to my knees
With my hands wrapped round my chest
And my screams heard from across the street
As I prayed and prayed for rest

Each turn she takes I follow
My needs are similar to any man's
And the expectations I have are bellow
Those of a poor helpless man's

She stops and takes a look at me
There I am, staring
In my mind she smiled
But I was mistaken

This time he won't back down
There'll be no stopping it
He'll get me what I want
This time I can feel it