"Brighter Together"

How long
Have we wandered like sparks
Fluttered out in the night
A single moment's explosion
Not enough to ignite

But it won't last long
No it never does
As we scatter, scatter

How long
Have we traded ourselves
Filtered out by the night
A dark absence of heat
A cold absence of light

But it won't last long
No it never does
As we come together
As we come together

Your hands are so far
I've been reaching
And only receiving the dark
We are a fire
Segmented and severed
When I know we
Could shine brighter together

How strong
Do you have to seem
To get the attention you want
Sacrificing what you need
Just to not become an afterthought

How long
Do you need to be low
For someone to listen
Till guilt takes its tow
And they let you out of their prison

I hope it won't last long
Thank God that it won't
It could be forever
It could be forever

Your hands are so far
I've been reaching
But I'm still behind bars
We are a fire
Segmented and severed
When I know we
Shine brighter together

"You Just Changed My Life"

In all the waves of confusion
I've been looking for a new sun
To rise above the dark horizon

In all the nightmares repeating
In all the sounds of defeating
Reality just keeps impeding

You just changed my life
You just changed my

In all the waves of confusion
I've been seeking a solution
So it seems that nothing's doing

In all the nightmares repeating
Into the daytime they're bleeding
You reminded me my heart's still beating

You just changed my life
You just changed my life

I don't care about God or the devil
I don't care about heaven or hell
If it won't change here and now

You just changed my life
You just changed my life
With a voice of love
In the dead of my night
You reached down and gave me
A glimpse of light
You just saved my life

"Hold On Like It's The Only Thing You Have"

People will hate you for being happy
People will pity you for being sad
But if someone will love you through and through
Hold on like it's the only thing you have

People will tell you that you're crazy
Do all they can to feel they're sane
In a crazy world of mass confusion
Can I find shelter from this rain?

And I could do it, I could do it alone
But tell me where's the fun in that
I don't want my life to scrape by
With hope just spilling through the cracks
Immerse me, submerge me

Friends will shrug off every word
Your parents, shoot down all your dreams
Because they gave up on theirs some time ago
With not much left that they believe

But if everything in this life is a choice
Well I'll choose my own family
Yeah I'll make my own destiny

And I could do it, I could do it alone
But tell me where's the fun in that
I don't want my life to scrape by
With hope just spilling through the cracks
Immerse me, submerge me
Immerse me, emerging

Hope and happiness
Have got to be more than this
Right now they feel so far away
And all my confidence
They shut it down like common sense
No I can't live this way
Give it up, I hear them say

And I could do it, I could do it all alone
But tell me where's the fun in that
In this puzzle we're all pieces
That fit together just like fact
So immerse me, submerge me
Immerse me, emerging

"Mirages"

I'm on an island
And it's sinking
I don't know what
I was thinking
Trying to find home
In the great unknown
Leaving without reason
To be left alone
And I'm tied down
By the riptides
The deception
Of my bloodline
It's a current
Of shame
Take it all upon me
Just to let it out the same

Everyone you know and love
Is miles away from here
So why you chasing shadows
When you know they'll disappear
Mirages, mirages
Mirages, mirages

I'm on my last line
That's the feeling
Like nothing's latching on
And I'm reeling
Like there's no tomorrow
Though it's always in tow
A faint reminder in bold
That time doesn't slow
For the witness
Or the wilting
The rain falls
On the innocent and guilty

So if everyone you know and love
Is miles away from here
Why you shooting arrows
At a target that ain't clear
Mirages, mirages
Mirages, mirages

Mirages, mirages
Mirages, mirages

"Never Too Old"

Has your love run dry
Or are you just biding time
Waiting for the morning light
But living like it's always night
Has your ship capsized
Cause it's not in sight
As hope steals from greater heights
To help us resist the tides

Getting older, getting smarter
Getting comfortable, getting no farther
Growing more accustomed to
The years we've taken on as truth
And we won't budge

Never too old, to realize
Never too old, to see through a child's eyes
And never too tough, not to show your weakness sometimes
I thought we were more than victimized

Have you given up
Is it good enough
Is this all too tough
Well good, good
Cause we'll never learn
If the fire don't burn
Learning every day
From the process of progress in mistakes

Getting older, getting smarter
Getting comfortable in lukewarm water
Growing more accustomed to
The years we've taken on as truth
And we won't budge

Never too old, to realize
Never too old, to see through a child's eyes
And never too tough, not to show your weakness sometimes
I thought we were more than victimized

Open eyes need to be pried open sometimes
My open eyes need to be pried open sometimes
As the years all snowball into one
I forget where this journey all begun

Never too old, to realize
Never too old, to see, to see, to see
To see for the first time

Never too old, to realize
Never too old, to see through a child's eyes
And never too tough, not to show your weakness sometimes
I thought we were more than hollow lives

"Life In The Tension"

So here is the choice
I could listen to your voice or just back down
Back to where I've been
Back where my wings only settle on the ground

Life in the tension, oh I run (oh I run)
Life in the tension, oh I run
Tell me who will I become

So here is the struggle
Running into trouble everywhere I turn
And I don't want to believe
That I am the diseased causing all this hurt

Perpetuated pain
Is still pain all the same
Got to break from the reigns
Break free from the gravity
Oh, oh, what's holding me

Life in the tension, oh I run (oh I run)
Life in the tension, oh I run
Tell me who you want, you want me to become
Life in this tension, oh I run
Too afraid to see what may come