This feeling from nothing was born
Now it has started consuming my core
Something I've felt before but I'm torn
Do I give in and let it settle the score
Or fight to keep my head above the water

This feeling that's new and old inside me
An old friend who calls for my attention
A new enemy from who I should flee
I shouldn't trust it having a good intention
But mind and heart are beginning to faulter

This feeling has crippled my body and soul
In the past I've been trapped by pain
Inking my soul, making it as black as coal
Pain that makes it impossible to gain
Anything that resembles a sliver of sanity

This familiar feeling... This crippling feeling
This feeling born from nothing is hidden
Causing pain in my heart that's bleeding
Growing from the attention it isn't given
Is this feeling because of my own vanity?

This dark and consuming feeling only grows
Chipping away at my sanity, driving me crazy
My vanity is a crippled corpse circled by crows
Living life from day to day while my view is hazy