"I Wish I Could" lyrics

This burning had lost control
And Gideon robbed my soul and so
Here is the human joke
I failed, I failed, I failed you

Here in this troubled mind
Where fortunes may turn the tide and so
By clichés I'm paralyzed
I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed you
I failed you

I wish I could
I'd be the guardian of morality I should
But now my heart must face reality
So visited by inspiration
Visited by indignation again

Battling by the sword
A fear of the spoken word and so
Best grab your crown and turn
I failed, I failed, I failed you

So loathed to speak my name
And grow wretched by the day and so
It's better to die than to be enslaved
I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed, I failed you
I failed you

I wish I could
I'd be the guardian of morality I should
But now my heart must face reality
So visited by inspiration
Visited by indignation again

I wish I could
I would eliminate this sense of longing
Do I dare not drown in what I am becoming
Promises have been rejected
My beliefs have been fragmented again

I wish I could
I'd be the guardian of morality I should
But now my heart must face reality
So visited by inspiration
Visited by indignation again

I wish I could
I would eliminate this sense of longing
Do I dare not drown in what I am becoming
Promises have been rejected
My beliefs have been fragmented again

I failed you
I failed you
I failed you
I failed you