Disclaimer: I do not own FFX.
Author's note: Okay, they just keep coming. This little ditty is from Jecht's view-point. Enjoy, and make sure to let me know how you like it.
Hope's Pain
Hope is an empty phrase.
A meaningless effort
To try and fill the hole
Devouring our souls
To quench the hunger of
Insatiable despair
The truth is just lies
Bring these people hope?
Death to him that tries.
And, even then
The cycle just
Begins again
Their pain is never-ending
Why sacrifice your life
For a moment of reprieve?
Just a brief brake in pain
Less death, and more time to grieve
Then it begins again
Sorrow resurrected from
The ashes that was hope
Of an Everlasting Calm
Again comes the day
And the glory of the Calm
Slowly fades away
You wake up to a world filled
With suffering and despair
They cling
To that one small chance
That soon their pain will end
Sin won't begin again
It's gone on for long enough
Time to see it for
The hopeless cause it is
Why- would you even try
Just to die
To bring false hope
Cascading down on in?
They truly believe
This is the only way
To keep the darkness
From crashing down on them
Then why not take the chance
And do it one more time?
Is this the only way
To save humanity?
Buy your peace
With the blood of men
Don't count the costs
Just close your eyes
And try to forget
All that you have lost
Let hope
Ease your pain
Fill you up
Make things sane
Hope is an empty phrase
That reverberates
Through despair filled souls
It echoes inside
The shadows of your mind
Sweeping through you and
Washing out the dread
And in its wake
You begin to see
Maybe there could be
Another way
To finally end the pain
Keep on doing
Keep on trying
Loving, Living
Living, Lying
Living the lie of Hope
And Hoping there's a way
To finally end the pain.