Withered - Clamor Beneath lyrics

I've seen you watch the suffering within your world of hope Your tears rinse away the shame you've felt from long ago Your time has been spent seeking the path to righteousness Each tear will bring you your reward of higher consciousness Eyes, burn, eyes, numb You clamor, strive to keep the grace of narcissistic peers They watch you, misshapen & distorted through their callous tears Sufferers, distraught with self pity Cleansing your pain with empty tears Ma** congregation, breeding ignorance Corrupting the path, like those before you Each day I wake, I suffer moments of clarity Moments of realization and truth I look out upon the ma**es, I look down upon the ma**es Sympathy sways to disregard The weight of humanity presses upon me Thorns of contempt and of disgust Strip away all my compa**ion Caricatures, in words and deeds Eyes, burn, numb Drown in tears