Fixed in place ever since
In the living past
The refrain of the dead

Ever since I embarked
For a distant lie
My cowardly shield
From the loom of disgrace

Ever since a great fall
Into my stride of defeat
Leaving  trails to bend
Diminished and untread

To the living past
Where I dodged and deceived
They color each dawn
In the bright hues of shame

Here’s to their return
To imprison my wants
And stifle my dreams
Retribution
Dispensed in full