Originally Posted by Mesmerize
The sky is smothering from hovering shades of silence
Reality fades as I drift away in this masquerade of tyrants
flow is illy right here - nice way to capture attention - good connection from smothering > shades of silence > masquerade - sets the tone - you're drifting - so we know to expect an introspective piece
a cascade of broken dreams slip down the seems of this patterned face
Unstitching every thread that patched up life’s mistakes
second line is a bit short - awww - don't cry... - the feelings raw here as your regrets are released
Hanging from these strings, my hands are worn and torn
Unraveling as my weakness, a life of failure’s born
second line is unneccesary actually - but it doesn't take away really - whether you intended to or not you're becoming aged in this - wrinkled hand... lined brow...
Unsheltered from the storm, chaos reins the sun
Leaving me in darkness, heartless as they come
second half of second line could use a rephrase to keep the tone steady - interesting how your sorrow is mirrored and intensififed
Harnessed to the soul of ones fortune I condemned
I trimmed the outer rim to hear the whispering helpless hymns
really like the wording on second line here - you've managed to infect others with your emotion at this point
Confined in this place filled of solitude and guilt
A morbid grin stares with sin as it destroys what i built
"stares with sin" should be reworked - seems you're realizing futulity here
A quilt of everlasting beauty, everything I had wanted
Ashamed of whom I was, so I faked then flaunted
connects to the masquerades you mentioned at the beginning - not losing your focus - hits truth with the way people normally act...
Twas as if I was Cinderella at the stroke of twelve
This fairytale had turned into a reality in hell
don't like the "turned into a reality in hell" - rephrase - and now the masks are pulled off... the mirror starts to appear...
Fingers where pointing as some where ripping me apart
Like demons who where hungry for this beautiful work of art
self-inflicted pain? as you try to force the masks back on?
I had wasted a life masking every little imperfection
Judging others along the way when they were merely my own reflection
and the docile silence is broken! - nice closer - scheme simplified as you went through - but it was complex in the beginning which caught attention - then you focused on your meaning - which is a good method to follow - good ish.