Traces of Sadness

He walked through the neon night

His future’s bout to burn

His face – was a mask of violence

He’d just reached the bitter end-

That point of no return

There was nothing left to reach

 

Just traces of Sadness

All the tears remained uncried

Just echoes of madness

All his fantasies had died

He buried his daydreams

But the nightmares stayed alive

Addiction’s like a fence

That keeps away your second chance

When the road to freedom ends

 

Drinks and drugs and all the rest

He walked that one way street

That leads into desperation

And he learned the hardest way

To steal and fight and cheat

There was nothing left to learn

Deep down in his soul he found

The words he had to learn:

There is no way to return