This is a collaboration work I wrote with a good friend of mine, Benjamin Patterson. These words are mine and his, and they tell a great story.*
Have you ever been down?
That dusty old road?
The one with no paths,
The one that grows old.
How did the young become proud?
How did they find it all?
Even though I hit the ground,
The hardest hit was the fall.
You know what they say.
“Turn the glass, spill the sand.”
I never felt so alone.
Without your hand in my hand.
I’ve been gone for so long.
Standing out in the rain.
I need to find a place.
Where I can just rest my brain.
No one stands when they fall.
The end was never so clear.
I always give it my all.
But I'm lost without you here.
Sure life has its ups and downs,
Even though I say I'm alright,
I scream out loud.
And again, I lay alone tonight.
There are no distractions.
I’m too busy thinking about any and everything.
After this past that I've been lain,
Just thought of what my future brings.
I've been through it all, the scars and the pain.
Riding on my Pegasus, I fell off into hopelessness.
I had made it through, I thought I conquered it.
But the past, which was you, came back and knocked me into unconsciousness.
I've been gone for so long.
Standing out in the rain.
I really just need to find a place.
Where I can rest my confusing brain.
No one stands when they fall.
But I always give it my all.
The end was never so clear.
I'm lost without you here.
I've tried my best, I've done it all.
Now I’m just standing out in the rain.
I survived the hit, but not the fall.
And now I’m laying here with scars mixed with pain.
Let's live in the moment. I'll leave the past behind.
I spill the sand from the glass.
We could be together again, or at least tonight we could try.
This moment will indeed be our last.
Life without you is like hope that’s lost in me.
I'll try to pull through, but will I?
I guess we will see.
Thank you Ben for this great work.