i came into this world an unmarked page but i ve stained the paper with lines that i cannot erase discarded my identity a fragment of what i used to be an iron mind in paper walls is not a stable foundation in this ongoing storm and now these hands of stone have eroded collapsed again i see a stranger s face staring in the mirror who i was was somewhere lost along the way caught in an empty space i never thought i d be here each day i feel it take a part of me no retribution no compromise selfishly self immolating inside burn burn me alive i ve seen the other side burn me set me alight i see a stranger s face staring in the mirror who i was was somewhere lost along the way caught in an empty space i never thought i d be here each day i feel it take a part of me i cant deny this feeling i cant ignore the pain of knowing i am human and we all we re all born to feel this way and so i ask myself is the measure of a man his character his worth contained by what his heart holds or contained within his works my motivations have never strayed but somewhere i think they were buried along the way  i see a stranger s face staring in the mirror who i was was somewhere lost along the way caught in an empty space i never thought i d be here each day i feel it take a part of me i ve seen the other side