Starting this voyage you stood on the mast
Happy and innocent, thinking that feeling would last.
Years go by and the real tests begin
You go into this thinking you’ll win.
Drama, egos, rumors, all attack at once
You get up over and over, trying not to seem like a dunce.
The attacks continue and your back is against the rail
As another blow comes one word is in your mind, fail.

You’re knocked overboard and fall
Down
You plunge into the endless, dark abyss
Down
The icy water cuts at you as you try to survive
Down
You try and get out as it gets darker
Down
Depression bites at you, tearing and ripping
Down
You catch little bubbles of air, but they pass fast
Down
It gets darker as the light fades away
Down

Finally you catch a break, floating in your own bubble
Here I come searching, after facing similar trouble.
From afar I see your lost soul
You’ve been broken, and lost control.
Swimming closer and closer, I see past all the pain
There's beauty everywhere: body, personality, and brain.
Its saddening to see such beauty destroyed
There’s not much left in this void.

Going through the bubble, I begin to push
Up
Listening, helping, I do everything I can
Up
Light begins to come back as darkness fleas
Up
Confidence, optimism and trust find their way back
Up
You begin to find your way
Up
Darkness and doubt leave as light and hope return
Up
You see the surface and reach for it
Up

You swim to the top, finally breaking through
Climbing back on the boat, nothing affects you.
All these problems strike at you again and fall to the ground
This time you feel strong and confident, the problems don't make a sound.
I smile and watch you succeed as I float back down
I know you will no longer frown.
You go back to your place, and stand on the mast
Forgetting all the pain and trouble of the past.