The Friction Of Being

Where is the center? Where is the void?
Where is the center? Where is the void?

I wake up to the sound of a collapsing sky
Another sunrise feeding the collective lie
The gears of the world are grinding my bones
A king in a kingdom of static and phones
I'm searching for silence in a thunder of lead
But the war isn't out there, it's inside my head!

The ticking clock is a firing squad
I'm reaching for peace, but I'm grasping a rod
Of white-hot iron, of burning regret
The more I remember, the more I forget!

Give me the calm in the eye of the blast!
A moment of mercy that's driven to last!
I'm digging through glass just to find a clean breath
In the friction of life, in the shadow of death
No peace! Just the noise!
No peace! Just the noise!

Systemic chaos, a digital cage
We're writing our epitaphs page after page
I try to meditate but the floor starts to shake
How much of this nothing can one spirit take?
The mundane is a predator, the routine is a knife
I'm losing my soul in the business of life!

Breathe in the dust!
Exhale the rust!
In gold we decay, in iron we trust!
(Scream) look at me! What do you see?
A man or a ghost in a state of decree?
I'm hunting for stillness!
I'm starving for light!
But everything's heavy!
And everything's tight!

The grocery aisles, the traffic, the stare
The weight of the oxygen, the lack of the prayer
I found a quiet room, but the walls started screaming
Am I awake, or is this just the dreaming?
The true peace is violent, it's a fire that clears
The wreckage of decades, the salt of the tears

Give me the calm in the eye of the blast!
A moment of mercy that's driven to last!
I'm digging through glass just to find a clean breath
In the friction of life, in the shadow of death!

Find the peace! (Kill the noise!)
Find the peace! (Burn the choice!)
Find the peace!