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

Celestial Birthright

We will not be chained to the pains of the past
We will not continue to shatter like glass
We will not be owned by our skeletons
We will persevere - we will overcome
We will stake our claim, striking into the soil
We will work hard and never take for granted the spoils
We will not be a slave to the days gone by
We are one with the sun and the moon and the sky

Take your soul - embrace what you know to be true
Dig a hole - cast aside the chains binding you
People try but you know they cannot hold us down
We are rightfully heirs and we will claim our crown
The misery that was inflicted once will die tonight
We are stronger than this pain - we live to fight
We will lift our fists and display our might
We will raise our voice - reclaim our birthright

We are kings
We are queens
Our lives are ours and we will not back down

Hands

Time flies when you have none
Hope dies when you need some
I will not beat around the bush
I plan to scream and fight and push - through
Stand tall - shake the skies
Closed fist - open minds
I will not wait around for anything
I will forge my own destiny

I have the answers I need inside me
My own eyes see clearly what my heart has tried to deny me
Broken lives, shattered hearts can be fixed
All I've got to do is extend my hands

Do you understand?
Extend your hands

Distance makes the pain fade
Existence - unafraid
I will recover all the shards
Of all these broken fragile hearts - love
Sew them back together
Keep beating forever
I will not keep another score
I will not fight this anymore

I have the answers that I need inside me
My own eyes see clearly what my heart has tried to deny me
Broken lives, shattered hearts can be fixed
All I've got to do is extend my hands

Do you understand?
Extend your hands

I can't plan for anything anymore
Life makes sure to alter my schedule
You can stand your own ground
Just don't forget about the x-factors
Broken pieces can be whole again
Broken friendships can restore within
Broken love can find its way back in
Broken things are fixed with broken hands

Just extend your hands
I dare you

Just extend your hands

Para Bellum

What if I told you
I'm always at war with myself?
What if I said
I won't give up, I'll never lose
What if I tried and tried
But failed almost every time?
Do you even know
Which one of me you're talking to?

Stand beside me
Don't deny me
It's impossible to settle this score
Fighting myself
By myself
If you want peace, prepare for war

What did you tell me
The day you left me for dead?
What did you leave me?
Tortured memories in my head
I cannot believe my eyes
What a wasted sacrifice
What did you expect?
When you cut me open, I bled

Stand beside me
Don't deny me
It's impossible to settle this score
Fighting myself
By myself
If you want peace, prepare for war

I cannot erase you
I cannot replace you
I'm doing the best I can
Down on the frontline
Toes curl on the landmines
But I dare not give in to you

Stand beside me
Don't deny me
It's impossible to settle this score
Fighting myself
By myself
If you want peace, prepare for war

Walk With Me

I could get caught up in your life
It's not that difficult
I could get sidelined by your smile
That's so typical
The major chords strum gracefully
But the minor chords, to me, are just so memorable

I could remember all the times
I fell in love again
I could just relish simple life
And try to settle in
I could spend every waking moment
Making tea and vicariously adventuring

But why should I conform to what you think is best for me?
"I'll never be the norm," I scream to all the deities
I'll sing this chorus at your rooftop while my voice cracks out of key
And I will wish that for this moment you would stop

And walk with me

I wish you would walk with me

I could chase money, could chase women
That's so commonplace
I could throw everything inside
To fill my empty space
But I've got my eyes on bigger prizes
There will be no compromises in my glory days

I could tell you my whole life's story
Let you deep inside
I could try to control my anger
Try to kill my pride
I could jettison myself away
And rebuild brick by brick, but I would rather die

And why should I conform to what you think is best for me?
I said I'd never be the norm, so normal I will never be
I'll shout my lungs out while you're dreaming in bed far away from me
And I will wish during that moment you'd awaken

And walk with me

I wish you would walk with me

This isn't easy, I know
I've been going so long solo
But sometimes life is hard for me to put in words
I'll take your breath away again
I will intertwine with your skin
And I will make your body shiver till it hurts
But this is one pain that you'd wish for
A feeling so innately blissful
A feeling I have had inside me every day
And I will bear inside your mind
The same way that you bear in mine
And I believe that we will one day find our way

So I will never conform to what you think is meant to be
'Cause if I did that, you and I both would think so much less of me
I'll keep on shouting out for you until you shout right back to me
And then I'll smile and hold your hand and watch the stars

As you walk with me