Wind of change gently caresses
It feels different this time around
Optimistic with stubborn caution
Yet a step in the right direction
Is better than standing still (…)

The void that I cannot fill
Not even with a little pill
There’s a scar in my mind
It’s buried too deep to find (…)

Disease before the cure
Doubt before you’re sure
Unlock your hidden vault
Admit when it’s your fault (…)

I knew the snow covered tracks
And hid away so many lies
King Winter lets the rules go lax
When deciding who lives and dies (…)

Drifting in and out
Of an old memory
Consumed by doubt
Unsure where to be (…)

I hear the cadence over the hill
It’s another army, marching to kill
Lost souls without a place to stand
Fighting brothers from another land (…)

Tempted by primal instinct
And purposes unknown
Held in moral contempt
Guilty of being innocent
Until the dawn comes again (…)

Thunder rolls in near distance
Marching with evil persistence
Back once more from the brink
Nothing left in the bottle to drink (…)

Another day I sat and wasted
Another flavor won’t be tasted
Another sight I’ll never see
Another memory will not be

Pockets emptied
Debts burned
Name changed
Nothing left
Not even my ghost (…)

Your words gave me a new life
My dread began to float away
Wondering if this could be a new start
And how it would all play out in the end (…)

Balancing patience and persistence
Waiting for a voice from the shadows
Tethered by indefinite indecision
Cursed daydreams of frayed regret (…)

It’s all just a ruse
To tempt my muse
With no gifts to offer
The mood turned darker (…)

Twenty-three hours a day in this cell
Welcome to my own private hell
I pray that God will set me free
My fate is locked without a key (…)