NEW FOUND STRENGTH

LOOKING AROUND, I WAS SCARED
I LOOKED UP AND DOWN WONDERING IF GOD WAS THERE,
I WAS DROWNING IN MY OWN FILTH
THINGS I HAD DONE DISGUSTED ME
THINKING WHY HAVEN’T I BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED
OR DOES GOD HAVE PLANS, FOR ME TO VENTURE FURTHER

I WALK ALONG THIS BEACH OF LIFE
SEEING JUST ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS
SOMEONE SAID IT’S GOD CARRYING ME THROUGH MY STRIFE
BUT I STILL FEEL THE HARSH STONES WHEN I SPRINT

I LOOK INTO THE MIRROR FRAME
AND HATE THE REFLECTION I SEE
WONDERING IF THOSE THAT STAY SEE THE SAME
AND STILL LOVE ME FOR ME,
I COUNT MY WORDS TODAY
COS I’M SHORT OF WHAT TO SAY

THAT IN ASHES THERE IS BEAUTY
AND IN SORROW STILL JOY
FOR A MAN TO BE HAPPY IT’S HIS DUTY
AND PEOPLE’S EMOTIONS ARE NO TOY,
I WONDER WHERE JOY WENT
WAS SHE SUPPOSED TO ABANDON ME WITH SORROW?
BUT WITH SORROW COMES NEW FOUND STRENGTH
TO WAKE UP EVERY MORNING FROM THAT BURROW
SQUARE UP YOUR SHOULDERS AND TRAVEL THE REMAINING LENGTH.