David Kill

Corruption is contagious. Friends become enemies with no warning Just a knife in the back, No second thought or empathy.

Align your will to whims of the ignorant, And seal your fate. (IMMINENT!) You lost a brother, a soldier, The one who’d take the bullet. Not anymore. Not anymore. We are now on opposite sides of this war. No one to protect you, not anymore. No one left to take the fall, not anymore. Blood. Sweat. Tears. All spilled.. For what?

Your betrayal will haunt you, Even when you're begging at my feet. I’ll drag you to your knees, Because you bowed and kissed her ring.

Annihilate! The kingdom of the poison. The side you chose is dying. Dominate! Your words, mixed with venom, But I’m immune, and now I’ve won.

Forgive? Maybe someday. But I won’t forget what you’ve done.

Verse 1 As your walls close in, I can feel you start to panic. I’d say take a deep breath again, But truthfully, I’m ready to watch you lose everything.

Verse 2 You built this kingdom, Pious, untouchable, pristine. But the truth is just delusion, You're slipping, grip lost on reality.

Pre-Chorus Days, months, even years, Slip through cracks you’re covering, Lies on top of lies, You can't remember what was ever real.

Chorus Quick to judge, blind to your fate, You never saw the sentence take shape. The torment you dealt out in waves Returns in fire, a thousandfold blaze.

Verse 3 You sold your soul, for what? Fleeting thrills, now ashes rot. Your treasure’s burned, your kingdom's gone, And silence is your only song.

Bridge The bill comes due, And the soul you once had, No longer belongs to you.

Breakdown Mercy? Have mercy? I’ll give what you gave, What you’ve stolen from others, Will be torn from your hands...

Rough seas got me,

Impossible to breathe when you’re drowning,

Safety, unseen, help me,

I can’t see in front of me,

These waves are pounding.

I’ve got this death grip on the wheel,

I can’t surrender, raise the white flag,

When I can’t let go of it,

Sinking, going under,

Guiding this ship to ruin.

The waves are unforgiving,

Pushing me under,

Same as the sun,

The sky without clouds,

I need to shade myself,

With the white flag,

Cover my head as my skin sizzles.

My body draped in pain,

Every inch kissed by death,

Lost at sea, not a soul in sight,

Just the angel with his scythe.

I surrender, take me,

The more I fight, the more I die,

Reactive people are driven by feelings, conditions, circumstances, and environment. This includes their social environment, as well. When people treat them well, they feel good. When they’re treated badly, they feel defensive or protective. They allow the behavior of others to affect them emotionally.

Reactive people are affected by their physical environment, or anything outside of themselves. A change in the weather patterns can affect their attitude and performance. The external stimulus controls them.

A response, on the other hand, is a conscious choice based on values. Responsive people choose to respond in a manner that aligns with their priorities and values. Is it valuable for them to remain calm and keep a clear head in a hectic environment? Or perhaps their goal is to be an effective communicator even in the face of conflict.

When will I feel ready?What a strange time to join real estate, am I right?

Isn't there a SIA lyric that talks about "it's never the right time"? Implying to me that I can make up a million excuses for why I can't get this thing going.

I've struggled with leaving my corporate job, the ladder leading me up into the heavens of management and so on.  But I left, I broke the chains that held me down and now I'm floating off into the ether of the unknown...and I'm utterly terrified.  

I want to be certain, I want to FEEL certain, I want to know what happens next, and I want to stop questioning every single day that I wake up whether or not I'm doing the right thing.I hate that I feel this way, and even posting this makes me feel even weaker.

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