Wide awake, it's six a.m. And you've got heavy eyes from heavy burdens Of a loss so loud you never sleep And you ask the Gods for their mercy Let it
My guard fell for you today, now I will surrender Take this prisoner, make him something better Reach down and pull me up, don't let your captive go '
I done it to myself once again Breakin' off a piece for everyone I gave in good faith, in you I believed But these efforts to connect just segregate it
Lyla in bloom, her innocence And youth stripped away Eighteen years old but she's lived The life of sixty-eight The heartache of a mother gone And father
He walked outside her world the other day She knew that he would leave eventually Like the rest he promised everything She's heard it all before they
You've got me wrong I'm not so hard, I'm not so strong When this is said and done I'll realign, I will resolve He's the golden boy He's the savior, he
Long open road In the distance, I see you wait for me You're my hope and my relief Saving grace remove these rusted chains Waited so long to be kissed
Flowers placed at the foot of the grave Of the one we lost forever Jesus please, let her soul rest in peace And make way, a new angel's in Heaven Summergirl
Nothing's good enough You gave the moon and the stars above To the queen of pain, now you've gotta know She'll take you down just like before So don't
Are you growing weary As you dance all alone In a room that's resonating With an old familiar song? Making you want the other For awhile there wasn't
A loose cannon can you tell? You're gonna get a lesson He'll learn you well Back off and stay away from him Outside you're going down And how ya gonna
It's been about a dozen seasons Since the boy became a man Now he sees the forest for the trees Now he touches just enough to feel He's much stronger
I sit alone and watch the lonely people It's like I'm staring at myself Because we're all the same We all want the same thing Everybody wants the other
The dial tone is all that sings It's raining hard inside and far away What's so new? This never-ending drama won't fade My gut's a coil and my only drain
glass from the window shattered yesterday Deep inside I feel the same All the while reflections of the one that went away Shine off these pale four walls
One touch, taste the thrill so great My flesh, breath, forbidden fruit you waste They say I'm pure, naive and such a bore But now you know the truth told
I believe in grace That God redeems and saves Someday I'll thank Him for it all I believe this life Is a gift you can't deny Even though this world can
I saw her in an empty bar The smell of wine and cheap cigars Trigger visions of her face to this day We tried to dance for years to come But two can'
