Waking up, I see the sun.

Open your eyes

Got everything, got the love, got the fame

Just running down that road,

don't know where, don't know how.

Life shouldn't be hard, but grasping glory is…

Got that promise for tomorrow

I pray for the future, for the opportunity

I understand it's a gift, it's a commitment

It hurts when your people leave

Have to cut my own path

Feel protected but always aware

Struggling, climbing, to see who I am.

Few to share the pain with

Many to share the joy

Few to understand the depth

Sometimes you get hurt reaching out

It's just life

Wandering in the wasteland

It's the journey, the work in between

Finding that flower, that path

The tragic truth men may never find

It takes effort, it takes time

The hopes, the expectations, the revelations

They crowd the path, they choke the light

The humor of coincidence, two sides seen

Finding a better way or winding wistfully

I call it the storm…

You can't be in the storm forever

It'll pass, it'll help you grow

The time we spend wasted on the weary

Let them spend their time in rest

Faith takes strength

The believer takes the brunt

For any faith, allegiance must be known

Sacrifice secures the reward

Kindness kills the self-proclaimed

Always finding new strength

I want to be free from fear

But fear feigns flight, its focus that follows

A diamond can only be cut so many times

Division weakens the heart, the soul

The greats know what to sacrifice

Yet strength comes from many

Cells divide to build a body

The powers play their pitiful part

They try to break the peace

Do they control our decisions, our thoughts?

All my decisions are my own, all my doing

When it gets hard, when the nights are long

When the pressure is on, the lights shining

I find the peace that comes with the dream

Yet the reality keeps it at arms reach

Failure is bound to my future

All I can hope for is help

All I can pray for is strength

Because you get one chance.

So I smile.

I grind, I pray, I dream.