Path to Isolation - Intellectual

[Intro: Casey Lee Williams]

It starts with the unexpected loss of something dear

The warmth that comforted and cradled just disappears

And in its place, there's nothing

Just an endless, empty hole

The light that showed the way is gone

And darkness takes control

Bitterness and anger

Are quick to fill the void

The path to isolation

Is littered with the dreams that lay destroyed

The cold

Seems to grow in my soul, it's consuming me

Confused

And I'm losing myself in the storm

Growing jaded

Being pushed, being pulled, I'm unraveling

Can't find myself when I'm constantly forced to conform

Enemies surround me but the worst appear as friends

Liars and pretenders only seek to reach their ends

Everything is breaking

Right before my eyes

Looking in the mirror

I see someone that I don't recognize

The joy

That my heart used to know is eluding me

Removed

And the one thing I feel is alone

Smile's faded

And I'm spinning and sinking, I'm weakening

Frozen in solitude, loneliness chills to the bone

Memories escaping as my heart begins to drain

Scars that cover wounds can't hide the self-inflicted pain

Everything my mind wants

In conflict with my heart

Fighting back surrender

But every day, I'm falling more apart

Mirror, what's this thing I see?

Who is staring back at me?

A stranger to my heart has filled my mind

Mirror, help me

Who am I?