Old Dog, New Tricks (Sudden Silence)

Born into a world of sound Raised outside of isolation Happiness- his only consolation Stumbled upon an underground world Sudden Silence No more sound Exposed to a new realm and light Changed his outlook on life A world of sex, drugs, and lies And run by unmentioned men A rookie given a gun to take home Drink away his sins And harden his bones Six months now fitting in Corruption at some time has to begin And what better time than now? A promotion possibly in the works The clock is counting down and starting to slow Effects of the job are beginning to show "Boy don't get cocky These delusions cookin in your head Could have you wind up dead" --pay no attention to them jealousy can turn a man insane workin hard is all part of the game go for the cold I can see it in your eyes-- Success like a diamond was hard to find But it would come in a matter of time Word got to the top and it made them sick They wanted to show what happens To old dogs who learn new tricks Shots rang out in the middle of the night Sudden Silence No more soundOne thing we should've all learned from Icarus; you fly to high you get burned. One note: The passage in the hyphens (--) is supposed to be the characters conscience Written March 2nd, 2002 © on Mar 02 2002 05:49 AM PST   0 • 9