Inside A Frame

inside a frame - fucked up
a vengeful angel flies around the sun
dripping his wax down on those that watch
the feathers fall next, they're dancing down
such a graceful decent, so unlike his own
crashing down to earth
destruction in his wake he caused
there i go again, trying to narrate
so i could hide my role
have to own up, have to concede
they used me like you
we all have our jobs, markers of our fate
that dictate our place
but now i know it's not his fault
how could i hold him responsible
so wrought by what i've done
i wouldn't wish it on anyone
so what of the man with the wooden god
never did him good
but never steered him wrong
can't claim the same
the blood on my hands
marks my guilt, exposes my crimes
i've played with lives
like the gods of old
but i'm no god
i'm just a fool
the leader of the mob
king of the swayed, culpable
the moms and dads who turned to me
now clutch their torches at my door
try to alleviate the burden of my guilt
i never really had agency
i'm just a false prophet, just a heretic
powerless without your belief
but now i know it's not his fault
how could i hold him responsible
so wrought by what i've done
i wouldn't wish it on anyone
a young couple meets and falls in love
and live so happily ever after, it's a platitude
but it's a lie, affections unrequited
the presence of someone else will complicate
the best laid plans of invertebrates made evil by love
but now i know it's not his fault
how could i hold him responsible
so wrought by what i've done
i wouldn't wish it on anyone
trapped inside a frame not of my design
simply follow the story and remember the lines
i had no choice, this is how i was cast
this is how i was cast, i had no choice
trapped inside a frame, not of my design
follow what is destined and tow the line
there is no escape, that's why they call it fate
there is no escape, that's why they call it fate
there is no escape, that's why they call it fate
there is no escape