Pieces of Styx :: 1.0 [ One With Everything ]

I've always known Glen to write some powerful songs, and this one is no exception. Somber and solemn, telling about someone who built it up and had it all, and then tore it all down himself, took away everything he wanted by his own hands. The fact Glen uses "Lenon's assassin" as the example adds something more to it, an 'example' by which we can measure, yet its more than that. A lot of symbolism used in here, to great effect if you only apply a little thought. As well, it warns us to be caeful, as we can easily destroy not only our lives, but our home, and yes, the planet we live on. We do have the potential to tear everything we've all worked so hard to build apart. And also the potential withn ourselves to also become a monster to those around us and drive everyone away. We truly need ot be careful, or all the rewards we sought will be tossed aside, discarded because of our own foolishness.

Brick by brick you built a mansion
Piece by piece it seems
You're tearing it down

Once you walked so tall and handsome
Now nobody even wants you around
Now you're just some kind of
Leftover clown
Now you're like Quasi Modo crying

As you look in the mirror
At what you've become
Killing the thing that you love
Like Lennon's assassin
Lennon's assassin

Reaching for Venus De Milo
But she's never gonna hold you tight
You plant plutonium silos
Then you blister from the sun that's too bright
Like a vampire stepping into the light
Just a victim of your own greed as you

Look in the mirror
At what you've become
Killing the world that you love
Like Lennon's assassin
Lennon's assassin

The genius of a generation
Blown away just like a leaf on the wind
And now you're looking for salvation
But you can't forget the places you've been
And you can't erase a lifetime of sin
And you can't escape the answers as you

Look in the mirror
At what you've become
Dredging the river for what you have done
Killing the thing that you love
Like Lennon's assassin
Lennon's assassin