Too much time is wasted
In this world today.
Dreams are lost and thoughts are tossed
Like nothing really matters either way.
But my mind seems to think
That only I am weak
For my goal is only to wait.
Cause progress, to me, is just a cup of tea
That I resist after little debate.
Yet the time goes by
And often do I cry
Because sadness has taken over me.
But maybe someday
When the moon stops being grey,
I’ll return to that boy who had a gleam is his eye
That refused to let himself die.

If life were a battle
then no one'd have cattle cause
tending is hard to do.
Rather than that,
they'd sit there and chat
'bout things that they already knew.
Helping is rare
cause no one will share
what they know that makes life so blue.
So will I survive?
I guess I'll just dive
cause if I don't I'll never be true.

Here I sit quietly in my room
The walls standing here make it seem like a tomb.
My mind isn't here, it's off in paradise.
The memories she left here made my heart solid ice.
Well I could leave this room; run away from here.
But I choose to stay, all locked up in fear.

Save me, oh God, from this dreadful place.
I need to get going and speed up my pace.
My heart's rushing forward, not stopping a bit.
My mind is lost, caught up in a split.
Too many thoughts and too much despair.
My eyes are full of stars, which really is rare.
Please give me the grace to start anew.
Because my life needs a new hue.

Wonderfully speaking, right now I am to you
I've hoped for this a long time, then suddenly, there was you
It happened oh so fast, before anyone ever really knew
The word got out, I wanted to shout, how much I'd been thinking of you
My mind is giddy with joy all the time, with thoughts of me and you
I can't believe my eyes this time; will you be the one that's true?

Being proud of who I am isn't my thing.
Loving others I've done before but always in vain.
And some don't like me like I wish they would.
Knowledge is my friend on some occasions.
Everything just doesn't seem to rhyme.

Ringing loudly in my ear,
My body quivers full of fear.
I'm told I'm too young to start the fight;
Such statements tend to blind the light.
If I am myself, then don't misguide me.
Keep your thoughts to yourself so I can see.

The world is bustling here and there.
Why can't I get up from this chair?
I'm strapped in tight, without a choice.
Will I ever get to use this voice?
God please go fast, or I will run.
Aren't I supposed to be having fun?
My mind will bend, but my heart won't break.
Until then... call me Blake.

Cycle, cycle, cycle and go.
Common am I to that of my foe.
Safe and ready, I always am.
Helping all, for I am a lamb.
'Thankful' is a word I seldom hear.
Because forever I will offer my sheer.
I know more than ever will be known.
For all the earth is what I'm shown.

Living in this world has changed me.
But changing the world is why I'm free.
Destroying the old so new can grow.
Mighty and determined, I burn and blow.
I have meaning, just look real close.
The remains I leave bring the beauty of a rose.
My core is strong but mysterious at best.
Because in life, surviving is the test.