Mayday

I've gone too far

I pushed too hard

I ran my miles

And found I'd wound up back at the start

I've gone too far

I'm being pulled apart

I strayed myself until the sound of now drowned the past

I can't breathe

I can't see

I can't seem to stay me

So I scream mayday, mayday

I'm screaming mayday, mayday

Isn't there anyone here?

But the cries fall on no ears

I've sunk again

My luck is spent

I found my path

And sprinted down as fast as I can

But I went too far

I cut and cornered 'round the bends

I can't turn back

Now I've lost sight of where it begins

I can't sleep, I can't think

I can't reach above me

So I scream, silently, mayday, mayday

I'm screaming mayday, mayday

Another birthday spent in tears

Once counting up, now I count down the years

As Atlas collapses

And Icarus' wax is destroyed

And the pillars dissolved

Betrayed by synapses

An addict relapses

And Hercules loses his hold

I sped off without care

The wind flying through my hair

But now the breeze just makes me cold

I've finally broken down

Smell the sickening, smoky scent of burnout

Memory turned a prophecy foretold

The dust is finally settling

And through it's clouds, I see

Me, me, just me

With tears flowing down in streams

And the unyielding urge to scream

Mayday, mayday

I'm screaming mayday, mayday

I'm screaming mayday, mayday

I'm screaming mayday, mayday

Thousands of people will hear

Delayed facsimiles will ring crystal clear

But reverberations don't carry the same weight

By the time the echoes hit them, it'll already be too late

So this S-O-S is solely for me

I am to whom I scream

Mayday, mayday

I'm screaming mayday, mayday

I'm screaming mayday