Aron Bembridge - Collar Lyrics

Raised by a family, The voices around me
The tension is built but never said
A hope for the future, A wound to be sutured
Don't tighten the medal round my neck
The high expectation, The illumination
My future to be soon tainted red
A thought never given, A destiny driven
The cheers fly right past my head
You hang the medallion round my neck
Cheers not meant for
Self said mentor
I know it's not what you meant
Kept within arm's reach, The collar which I'm leashed
The freedom I wish is never said
The life I've been gifted, The hope has been sifted
Don't tighten the collar round my neck
A lie turned unfruitful, A tool never useful
A thing to show off yet to resent
A cry in the shadow, Alone always have to
The pressure leaves me a wreck
I'll hang from medallion round my neck
Cheers not meant for
Self said mentor
I know it's not what you meant
Never ending
Drove insane
Never mending
All in vain
Cast to the foundry, In moulding the happy
The art I present does not reflect
The tin man created, The iron path ill fated
The pyrite hangs low around its neck
They stare wide in wonder, With jealousy under
I mirror their minds from my dirt bed
They move on contented, My shackles cemented
The tears flow in lieu of death
My cage sinks with every breath
Til the medallion's off my neck
Cheers not meant for
Self said mentor
I thought it's not what you
Meant but now I see you
Dragged me since my first steps