HAVEN OF CARDS Lyrics

I thought I was standing on the precipice

Of emerging at last from the dark

Chomping at the bit to celebrate

Cloistered in a haven made out of cards

I see now that I was blithe and callous

Never looked down 'cause I went through life unbalanced

The reckoning

Has come for me

My reckoning

For all to see

I will not languish for eternity

Writhing in Sisyphean agony

I feel the reckoning take hold of me

How long was I living in disguise as a

Con man selling lies to my heart

Before the meteors came falling down

Toppling my haven of cards

I see now that I was blithe and callous

Never looked down 'cause I went through life unbalanced

I always thought that I was destined for something more

But I'm stuck in reverse, retreating from the shore

I see the cards that built my haven strewn across the floor

Broken dreams line the walls of my mind's corridors

The reckoning

Has come for me

My reckoning, for all to see

It's beckoning

Solemnly

Let this reckoning now set me free

I am finally ready to submit to its incumbency

The reckoning arrives at once to bring me to my knees

I embrace the reckoning

I embrace the cleansing

I embrace the reckoning

I am through pretending

The reckoning

Has come for me

My reckoning, for all to see

It's beckoning

Solemnly

Let this reckoning now set me free

I was standing on the precipice

I was emerging from the dark

But all my pride and sloth and selfishness

Toppled my haven of cards