A Sorrow Unspent

To take arms against a troubled sea
Or swallow one's raging heart
The right path seems occluded always
A moral compass without a chart
To writhe in silence or share the lament
The choice of the afflicted
A sorrow unspent (a sorrow unspent)
A sorrow unspent until now
Oh to contain such sorrow
The dam could burst tomorrow

Damned if you do and damned if you don't
All the same a card must be played
Release the burden or carry the load
Then live with the choice you have made
To bite your tongue or raise your voice in dissent
The curse of compunction
A sorrow unspent (a sorrow unspent)
A sorrow unspent until now

Silent rage behind a man wall
Building over countless years
Stand back and wait for the fall
A lifetime of unshed tears

So will you hold back or rise to the call
Could fury have the final say
If conscience in the end makes cowards of us all
Must we live to rue the day
To seethe in bitterness or kill without relent
The torture of the damned
A sorrow unspent
A sorrow unspent until now
Oh to contain such sorrow
The dam could burst tomorrow