where have all my gods gone

where have all my gods gone
where have all my gods gone
scattered to a cosmic wind
that rush of void by the shutting of my heart
leaving me and mine weakened

i've kept the plot but lost the story
the important details ethereal
i've hurt all those close to me
in search of glory
glory not for me, but that we'll all feel

in holding onto knowledge in lieu of belief
holding steady course while buffeted by reality's tides
my love and my anguish held in sharp relief
and my anger ever touching both sides

like a fine, fine thread
like a sliver of a coil of barbed wire
like an ant drowning in a droplet
it's my shredded soul on fire