Once upon a time there was a boy
Absent of fun, love, and joy
Already depressed when the summer came
Left him with nothing, left him the same

Angst and fire all up inside
Covered up, smothered to hide
Another side came from a ways
They told him it was just a phase

With it he felt like the king
Without it he felt like nothing
It should have been good and over, let him be a kid
Till something that couldn’t happen, did


His life turned to dust before his eyes
The truth unraveled behind the lies
Left with nothing again in a blistering haze
They told him it was just a phase

His dignity bled, his heart a mess
He was no longer like the rest
He was once infinity, now nothing
Fallen from heaven, for trusting

First the heart was broken, then shattered
Integrity derailed and nothing else mattered
Everything against, nothing adore
Sick and twisted, upon the floor

Nobody stirred as he faded away
The world was black and white, no longer gray