Down Every Day

One thing leads to another
Were we made to suffer?
I feel despair, I feel disdain
I'm lost - lost this time
I don't - don't know why
We swim these endless shallow shores of pain

It's easy to sleep through life and fake the days away
It's easy to live a lie and lead ourselves astray
It's easy to cast stones and become the thing we hate
It's easy to kick someone when they're down -and I'm down every day

Broken, bastard son
But I'm not the only one
We are a light to match the sun
Struggle - unified
As one - galvanized
We're not alone, we'll overcome

It's easy to sleep through life and fake the days away
It's easy to live a lie and lead ourselves astray
It's easy to cast stones and become the thing we hate
You kicked me while I was down - and I'm down every day

I've been trying
I've been failing
I'm still standing
I will save myself

This misery has loved this company for far too long
I must break free
I've been down every day, but I have never felt so strong
Here on my knees
I used to fear the distance, now I realize that it's
Just one more step
Not alone - overcome - not far away
I will save my...

I will save myself

I am not alone
I will overcome
I'm not far away
I will rise today

I will rise today

Alive Enough

There's not a single breath I'll waste for the rest of my days
Every moment that we have we're given
I've already crossed over twice and found my way back
I know that I was meant for somethin'

You ask me why I try
And then I tell you

Focus your eyes to the sky
'Cause the light is free
Yet we take it for granted enough
Don't you be afraid to die
If you haven't ever really lived
Tell me - are you alive enough?

So many count down the days waiting for endings
I will not suffocate on sorrow
I've been dragged down to the depths of hell and returned
I'll always walk toward tomorrow

You ask me softly why
And then I tell you

Focus your eyes to the sky
'Cause the light is free
Yet we take it for granted enough
Don't you be afraid to die
If you haven't ever really lived
Tell me - are you alive enough?

I see the good in you
The scars are beautiful
Long gone pain becomes quintessence
I feel your emptiness
So much room inside to live
I will try to help you remember to

Focus your eyes all around
To the ground beneath your feet
We take for granted enough
Everything around us is alive
Why are we so eager to die
When none of us are alive enough?

Capricorn

Turn of the century
When you were brought to me
Change was in constant motion
Torn apart family
Faith lost and life deceived
Failure a constant notion

You were the joy in the eyes of many
You brought us hope when we had not any

I love you far beyond the words I'm speaking
I miss you far beyond the hurt I'm feeling
I wish that I could see your face - I need it
In this cruel world of lies and harm
You never did me no wrong

Decade of turbulence
Destroyed my innocence
You stood beside me always
Sadness and loss of life
Sorrow, bitterness, lies
You gave me hope anyway

You lifted me like the clouds lift rain
And though I'll never see your smile again

I love you far beyond the words I'm speaking
I miss you far beyond the hurt I'm feeling
I wish that I could see your face - I need it
In this cruel world of lies and harm
You never did me no wrong

When you were taken I was shattered
I could not feel anything at all
Nothing more in my life mattered
Until your love I at last recalled

So I love you far beyond the words I'm speaking
And I miss you far beyond the hurt I'm feeling
And I wish that I could see your face - I need it
'Cause this world will always cause us harm
But you never did no wrong