Out in Phoenix, they’re seeing lights
In LA, they shine too bright
In Flint, they’re drinking poison
In Santa Anita, they’re killing horses

The Sun has seen this lonely place
Turn from hell to heavens gates
Far from perfect, we all lack grace
We see nothing when God sees faith

Out in Boulder, they’re drinking Coors
In Sudan, they’re fighting wars
In Quebec, they’re shooting pucks
In Kensington, they’re shooting up

We all drive down different roads
Yet we’re similar I suppose
We laugh and cry and learn and love
We slowly see what we become

In New York, they’re writing plays
In Kuwait, they’re killing gays
On TV, they’re spreading lies
In DC, they’re facing five

We cannot change the hand we’re dealt
Born to nothing or born to wealth
Birthed in freedom or forced to labor
Love has meaning, love is greater

Our hope will always stay the same
No matter what this world became
See death will come for what it raised
But why be scared, that’s just our fate
We live, we breathe, we fade away
Yet leave behind what we create

I look at old pictures and see the person I used to be
I look in my mirrors, and stare back at me uselessly
I just turned 23, thought I’d have it figured out by now
I had a choice when I was 18 and I choose the lonely route
Isolated myself from family and friends
Looked into reflections and played it pretend,
I don’t know why I feel how I do
Ain’t no cliche like ‘I’m missing you’,
Never felt love, I’m a hopeless romantic
My life it lacks meaning, it’s not how I planned it
Help me Lord, help me friend
Please let me see tomorrow’s end
Cuz I’ve been thinking bout calling quits
To close my eyes to all this ****
I’ve hurt myself too many times
And you have hurt me without knowing why,
I am sorry for what I’ve become
I’m still alive because I’m numb
For what I say and what I think
Are miles apart, I’m on the brink
****** rhymes, I feel like Elvis
There’s just one word to describe my life...
And it is ‘helpless’

As I sit inside my room and watch the time go flying by
Kinda wish that it was noon, our football practice starts at 5
I don’t like when I get hit but ‘be a man’ is what I’m told
I watch the clock go ticking by as my life begins to fold
I’m with my friends it should be fun
But butterflies are all I feel
Wearing pads out in the sun
Should not be this big deal

12 years old with anxious thoughts
What if I’m not good? What if I’m not strong?
My momma tells me I’ll be great
But bedroom mirrors lead to hate

On the town a little drunk
Gone from home I’m moving on
Leave my worries behind in childhood rooms
I was a stupid kid, but now I’m grown so **** the blues
But then I see it, there it is
A reflection of my broken face
And now I’m back to nervous times

18 years old with anxious thoughts
Are these my friends? Or am I bombed?
Don’t know what’s it real or what’s fake
There’s no avoiding this burdened fate

Outta school and onto work
First 7-5 without much earned
Sunday night and staring off
And then it hits me all at once
‘What I am doing?’ that is my thought
Life lost its meaning as my body attacks
No physical disease is leading the cause
Just mental fatigue from living so false

22 years old with anxious thoughts
Will I ever be enough? Is living really worth it?
Back inside my childhood room, 10 years gone but all’s the same
I don’t know why I gave these thoughts, there embedded in my brain

I know I’m young I still have time
To right this ship and cut my ties
Controlled by anxiety and don’t know why
Another lonely day with anxious thoughts

This life was never meant for me
I’m filled with pride and jealously
My ego held me back for years
And now I’m left to sitting here,

I thought about leaving it all behind
Just one swift click, won’t say goodbye  
I feel so hopeless and don’t know why
Another day with a mask, or a comforting lie

I met a girl but I’m afraid what I’ll do
I am unstable, don’t wanna damage you
The tough times in the past the lord helped me through
But my faith is shaken with each priest that’s been sued

Religion was never something I loved
It was a chore before Sunday brunch
My innocent love is gone with the wind
My heart has been broken again and again

I keep looking for love in a world that is fleeting
One night stands never have any meaning
Yet why am I tempted by being a fake
Maybe to cope with the mirrors I hate

Chasing love will leave us all alone
Chasing friends will leave us with a phone
Chasing happy leaves an empty soul
Chasing’s why I’m writing on my own

Lying in a room that’s engineered for death
As I try to ignore these thoughts in my head
I don’t think I’m dying, least that’s what the doctor said
But yet I’m still crying in this hospital bed

See love is what we know
Yet hate is what we seek,
So quick to be alone
So slow to live in peace