Winter leaves by morning light,
But still try as I might,
My insides remain cold.

Warmth pervades the streets outside,
Jack Frost decides to hide,
Still I fail to be bold.

Summer comes, sun rays filter down,
They illuminate the entire town,
I disobey what I've been told.

One day, my skin wrinkles and ages,
Having gone through all the stages,
It's still unresolved and I am old.

There is no solution, try as I might,
Winter leaves by morning light,
But my insides remain cold.

This is just a house,
Home is far away.
These shutters mean nothing,
Nor these halls in which life plays.

This is a just a building,
Or perhaps even less.
It holds nothing for me but
Insurmountable stress.

If I escaped into the night,
And hid away in some decrepit place,
Nothing would change,
I would not see your face.

Our tale is abusing its welcome,
It refuses to end now;
We've managed to keep it
Flowing along somehow.

Here or there,
Without you it is pain.
Without you,
I have little to gain.

Without you,
My heart won't be the same.
Without you,
I cannot remain.

Hold on.
Be strong.
Hold on.
However long.

To tell the truth,
I am no man.
To tell the truth,
I have no plan.

To tell the truth,
I am so weak.
To tell the truth,
I am a freak.

To tell the truth,
It was destined to be.
To tell the truth,
This was meant for me.

The fighting is not over,
The silent, pleas of terror are rampant;
Confrontation is not over,
For the cries of the innocent cease to be absent,

No, the struggle is not over,
For little children starve each day.
The struggle has not ceased,
When people die for being gay.

The struggle is not OVER,
There is much change to come!
What do you not understand?!
Let us no longer be numb!

Do not give up on improvement,
Do not think change is done;
We've just begun this
Long and strenuous run.

My leaves have fallen off,
Shed long before winter's brutality;
I have lost all of my hope,
And I feel only fatality.

Was this destined to be my outcome?
Is there any other ending for me?
My pain and agony, a ghastly sum,
Leading toward death to set me free?

Everything went wrong,
I try not to linger on that fact;
I've tried to sing a better song,
Positive change to enact.

But I am still lost at sea,
Just barely afloat,
I stopped trying to flee,
These shambles of a boat.

Building ourselves is no easy task;
We must rip off our masks.
Only then can we construct,
Only then can we obstruct.

If you flow down the river,
Your soul will shiver,
As you never grasp your potential,
Which for happiness is essential.

Stand alone, be obtrusive,
Oppose those whom are abusive.
Find yourself, find your convictions,
Throw off stagnancy the addiction.

Hearts bleed all year round,
Whether it is me, him, or you.
Hearts bleed all year round,
And there is nothing we can do.

We bleed because we live,
And that fact is terrifying.
We bleed because we live.
That is better than dying?

We are punished for existing,
As if the curse of life was our request.
We are punished for existing,
Yet told that we are blessed.