Self-Imposed Isolation

And in the corner my old friend an empty bed in my room

A place to lay in the gloom

No, I'm not quite ready for the tomb

Alone I think it's quite safe for me to presume,

At times I thought being where I am would be a joke

Time goes by the tires revolving around spokes

Who are these extraterrestrial folk?

I used to be such a charismatic bloke,

Something changed within my sphere

The headlights illuminating a deer

Suddenly I became vulnerable to fear

The threats are subliminal and unclear,

They’re reinventing the world today

An era where sanity has gone astray

Where illogical planning is here to stay

We may have to all enter the fray,

Color my world with the human stain

When only animals are allowed to remain

The megalomaniacs are unconcerned with inflicting pain

The traitors are motivated by personal gain,

The question remains, how did I come to this place?

Self-imposed isolation in time and space

Just take a look at the expression on my face

Break the centrifuge glass just in case,

Five air to air victories and I became an “Ace”

But somehow I fell from grace

An inverted flat spin and I disappeared without a trace

Where’s the flower arrangement in my vase?

Unsung, forgotten, and left for dead

All of these impressions going off in my head

Deep in the night is when I realize how much I’ve bled

When I just could have had love instead,

My friend the jig is up!

All world governments are corrupt

Before I’d gotten married if I’d only signed a pre-nup

Drinking chilled wine from a soldier’s tin cup,

Oh Lord, what’s my purpose now?

I’m lacking the prowess of a sacred cow

Only a silhouette of the here and now

A mass grave at the mercy of the plow.