What Now?

Please don't tell me we're here again.
It feels almost like we're at an end.
But I know that isn't true.
But there is nothing I can do.
I have seen this place before
With you standing at the door
But you can't come in
And I can't shut it, not again.
Where are the words?
What will we do now?
How did this happen again?
The trying wore us down.
Does it matter?
Will this end?
When this night is over
Will you still call me a friend?
Not an idea how we get ourselves into these things.
Want to fly away, but where are my wings?
Have you seen them anywhere?
Do you care?

There we were. Everything was fine.
Spinning around in the circle.
Now we're at the end of the line.
All of the madness made things right.
But now the calm
Is a cold dark night.
There are no stars.
There's a cold brisk breeze.
I want to move again
Run the track, feel my heart beat with ease.
But we're cursed with silence and nothing to say.
Every time we try it makes things worse.
Where is the end to this silent day?
I need the madness.
It keeps me alive.
We need the poison
That keeps us revived.

But now we're standing in the silence.
Nothing treasurable to be said.
I hope this ends soon
Before we're both dead.
Every foolish statement
Echoes through the air
And of course it must be noticed
Because it's the only thing that's there.
I wish there was something to say
I wish it didn't have to be this way.
All I can do is ask you what it is you want.
Does this bother you or not.
Maybe we should just stop wondering how
And take a moment to ask what now?
That way we can both stop being fools and wasting words.
The evil of this silence makes our foolishness heard.
But maybe if we stopped to think
We could stop this things and make something great.
Maybe if we took a look around
We could find someone who can relate.
And so before you leave me now
Before you go and question how
I'll ask the simple words What Now?
Please tell me you know.

The View From Above

You find yourself so tired of looking up.
How did you end up so far down?
Today it ends. We're leaving this place.
We'll climb the mountain and leave the world around.
Why did it take so long
For us to give up the place below?
Everyone finds them self there sometimes
But it was our time to go.

The next thing I see is the rarest of all things.
The air is clear and warm.
It settles in our wings.
Look at the sky.
We're more level with it now.
The sun sets in an array of color.
It's at this point I vow
To remember this place
For the rest of my living
And to never give up
And to never stop giving.

Tomorrow we may find ourselves
Back in the shadows from which we came
But you can't honestly tell me
That you will ever be the same.
Promise me you won't forget
The setting of the sun
The warmth of air
A purpose for everyone
The ability to fly
The existence of love
And everything we saw and knew
While we witnessed the view from above.

Piece by piece

Just another day in this life we have
But now we have more than ever before.
We see the problems that have always been there
But now they're things we can't ignore.

How do you put together a puzzle with missing pieces?
How do you mend a broken world?
We fall to our knees and cry out to Jesus
To please give us a miracle in this dark place.

So where are the missing pieces?
Where can we find them to bring them back?
Where are the souls who ran from their maker?
Where are the people under attack?

One falls away and hides in the darkness.
Another decides to live himself dead.
So many have turned away from this power
And have chosen a fake and hollow road ahead.

What are we to do?
A voice from Heaven cries to act.
But it seems when we try
We get pulled all the way back.

Stand with me now and watch the world crumble down.
Everything we ever knew.
The whole world around.
What is that light?
What is that sound?
It's the call of Jesus.
There's still more to be done.
All the missing pieces.
A battle to be one.

How do you put together a puzzle with missing pieces?
How do you open the eyes of the blind?
How do you fix what has been broken?
How can we be one in mind?

Crying out to Jesus is our only true hope at all.
Pieces will go missing.
People will fall.

I watch the world crumble down with those that I have left
And wonder what could be if we only took the steps
Toward what we know should be
and let Jesus handle the rest.

Inside of Nothing

What you see is nothing.
What you see is a lie.
What you see is empty.
It's the hypocritical outside.
You'll never hear a sadder story.
You'll never see a darker sight.
It won't hurt you on the outside
But on the inside, it just might.
The saddest part of nothing
Is that there's something you can't see.
There's something that's inside it.
There's something inside me.
Everyone is saying that nothing can't be something.
This statement remains true.
But when I look in your direction
I see there's something inside you.
Who are we really?
Can it be seen by those we know?
The sad answer for most of us
Is a cold and simple no.
Don't treat nothing like it's name inclines.
Most of the time, it's name lies.
There is something inside of nothing.
Something you must look hard to find.
Take this as a reminder
To act as if you are alive.
Never question who they want you to be.
Be the something on the inside.
My last wish is to be living proof
That there's more to people than meets the eye.
There is something inside of nothing.
Can you see it in yourself?
There is something inside of nothing.
I will find it if no one else
Will take that stand for you today
And take all your nothingness away.
There is something inside of nothing.

Change

Change is to some what breathing is to most.
The past is no more than a long dead ghost.
Through the sea of time we coast.
No one escapes the journey we take.
No one gets a second chance to fix the mistakes.
Remember this with each promise you make.
Change comes to some as natural as rain.
For others it brings a flooding of pain.
No one in life stays all the way sane.
Some see things coming. Others are shocked.
It's all the prices in this cage in which we're locked.
Destined or doomed to face a world of change
It may brighten, darken, enlighten, or derange.
Show me a person who's the same now as they were back then.
I would give you the world times ten
If I could.
You know we should
Really get used to this thing.
Tomorrow will be different and rides on quick wings.
Are you prepared?
Should you be scared?
All is unpredictable. Expect the unexpected.
Everyone around you will always be effected.
By change.

Falling

I'm on the edge of the cliff.
No one sees.
Here I am.
Here you are with me.
If I were to jump
Would you follow me?
If I were to take one more step
Would you pull me to safety?
I don't know where we're going.
I don't know what will happen.
All I know is that we are here
And something must take place.
There are no words,
But I see the look on your face.
You do not want to be in this place.
I've made my choice.
You should've used your voice.
Here I go
For the very last time.
Now I'm falling.
I can't lie.
This feeling is amazing.
As I fall through the air
I'm almost flying,
Except I'm sinking.
What was I thinking?
Down I go.
Who would know
That this would be it?
What you see
Is what you get.
Just for a moment,
I feel I am free.
My only regret
Is making you see
Just what there is
On the inside of me.
But then I feel it.
Something grabs me above.
Why am I alive?
It's His love.
He saved me, undeserving, once again.
This is it my friend.
The story of who I am.
I fall and He catches me.
Who was I to try and be free?
Such a thing can't be provided by me.
Freedom is in Him alone.
One day I will go home.
But not today.

Long is the road

What I tell you now is true, my child.
Sit by the stream and wait a while.
Soon you will see a world you never knew.
Take my hand. I'll lead you through.
Through all you are and all you do,
Remember this place I'm showing you.
This is what life is, dear one.
There not much light. There's not much sun.
These things are rare in our fragile hearts.
Every day, we're torn apart.
I can not change these things so real.
I weep for you. How cold I feel.
I never wished such a tragic truth
For you are still young, not yet a youth.
If I could take your place today
You wouldn't even have to say
A single word to make me go.
I'd do anthing to overthrow
For you this curse upon us all.
Don't be like me. Don't cry and fall.
The road is long, my child, but remember these things.
One day your life could change everything.
As we walk under this sky so grey,
We ever still await the day
When it all just goes away.
The road is long, my child, remember these things.