Sweetness and softness were old friends seldom heard from The grit of tough and nails drum Our skulls Our hearts Our minds The sound won’t stop as we continue on As we commit con after con The world won’t let us stop It uses us in constant as a prop Until we can hardly help but drop The softness isn’t here in this violent place The sweetness has vanished without a trace I can’t handle a world of stones Where it breaks me down to my bones The people yell My petrified face is a tell Welcome to hell They chant my name I stay the same But the blame is on me Why can’t they see I’m trying The softness has vanished The splendour left long ago Where has the sweetness gone?