BLOOMING

Everything that gives off light, silently endures a burn.
Dreams are still invisible and patiently I wait and learn.
Darkness seems to flood my path, I’m sleepy but I’m still aligned.
Waking from unconsciousness, I’m ready for the light of mine.
I don’t know how I keep the faith, when doubt creeps in and floods my mind.
I watch the nightmare come and go, I’m ready for it this time.

Lift the weight up off my shoulders.
Pain is melting but I feel colder.
I’m so ready but I’m still human.
Light my memory and now I’m blooming

It’s time for me to step aside so you can take your place again.
I’m handing over all I’ve got to keep the faith and lose the pain.
So use me as an open door to sneak into the darkened heart.
An agent of your secret will I’m ready for a new start.


HOLD ME DOWN

All my life, I've been told what to say and what to do.
All my life, I've been led by another point of view.
All my life, I believed that it was the only way,
And the point of my life was to get ahead one day.

I'm not believing what I'm hearing.
Who's behind the things we're fearing?

If I see behind the lies and if I look beyond disguise,
It's easier to recognize when you hold me down.
The promises of happiness just lead to greater emptiness,
It's had to measure my success when you hold me down.

Why do I alsways have to compete with everyone?
Why do I measure life with a false comparison?

I'm not believing what I'm hearing.
Who's behind the things we're fearing?
When I beleive the things I'm hearing,
It's me behind the things I'm fearing.


LONELY ROAD

I wish I could participate, but I can’t relate, I can’t relate.
No common ground, beside the lost when I was found.
I need a friend, I feel like an alien.
I step off my ship to a world that’s on an ego trip.

I’m the blackest sheep when you’re asleep, so fast asleep.
I’m on my own, some days I can’t wait to go home.
Wake from your dream, things aren’t the way they seem.
Step out of line and start living by your own design.

I’m on a lonely road, I don’t have a hand to hold
But in time I find I turn and see a crowd behind.
I’m on a lonely road, I stand here all alone
But inside my mind I turn and see a crowd behind.

If I have eyes to see,then it’s my responsibility to stand my ground.
No need to hide behind my sound.
I let you be to make up your destiny,
But your success ain’t measured by what you possess.

I’m on a lonely road and I am standing all alone
'cause in time I find I turn and no one's left behind.


LOSING MYSELF

I don’t know what to do, what is this world coming to?
I try to make my way through it’s death and it’s decay.
I wake up, all alone in a place that I’ve outgrown,
So help me deal with this, I don’t want to lose the emptiness.
I do everything I can not knowing when the end began.
My heart beats with the ache of watching all these old mistakes.
And now I gotta stop all the thinking I’ve been taught,
So help me feel the bliss, I don't wanna lose the emptiness.

And I made up my mind, I’m stepping off to the side as I ‘m losing myself in the game.
And in time I will find if I can swallow my pride, that I’m losing myself in Her name.

My eyes fill with the tears of knowing that throughout the years,
A hand was on my back when I was lost inside the black.
I’d give everything I own for one more glimpse of the unknown,
So help me feel the kiss of neverending emptiness.
I don't try to understand the details of the master plan,
I'm lost in the midst of it, can't seem to make the pieces fit,
But now I can leave behind the fear the lives inside the blind,
So help me coexist in neverending emptiness.

I don’t know what to do, what is this world coming to?
So help me deal with this, I don't wanna lose the emptiness.

LOST AND FOUND

I lost my sword in fighting. I lost my words in speaking.
I lost my gift in giving. I lost my life in living.
I lost my heart in loving. I lost my voice in yelling.
I lost my mind in thinking. I lost my soul in preaching.

So as I turn the inside out, I look within instead of without.
And as I quiet the little mind, I see the life I left behind.

I found my ears in hearing. I found my eyes in looking.
I found my hands in praying. Do you hear what I’m saying?

I found what I was seeking. No more disbelieving.
I found my sight in seeing. I found myself in Being.


WATERFALL

Gasoline and city air, choking everything up there.
The furnace of the millionaire always burning, unaware.
Remnants of the recent past, the mercury is rising fast.
Twenty five was unsurpassed, I don’t want to be the last.

And high in the mountains, it’s climbing, it’s counting.
There used to be something but soon they’ll be nothing.
Now there is a waterfall.
Denial is creeping, the mountains are melting and soon we’ll be sleeping.

The kids outside will figure out what they need to know about.
Everything we’ve loved throughout and everything we’ve loved without.
The junk is piling up in here, contaminated atmosphere.
Nothing’s gonna be the same, there’s no one left to blame.