Masterful at magic tricks
With nothing seen up your  sleeve
Slight of hand always in the mix
Every time you up and leave

No band of gold could hold you down
Or mirror revel the truth
This ancient secret can not be found
You're that good at what you do

Is it in the do or in the say
This slight of hand that's come to light
No matter how your wand is waved
You will never quite escape my mind

You could up and saw yourself in two
Then go this way while going that
I must confess this simple truth
I have yet to check behind your back

You do your best to levitate
In the up, up, and away
To broken hearts you can't be chained
All of this your best forte

Hard sometimes to see the signs
The hand being quicker than the eye
Pull back the curtains and you will find
You will never quite escape my mind

we pledge our allegiance
to a God we believe
begging forgiveness
fulfill our needs
and then we move on
to do as we please
no change of heart
no dirt on our knees

used as convenience
to combat our deeds
as fire insurance
as guilt relief
and then we move on
paying no heed
memory gone
no dirt on our knees

to show that we mean it
on cue we weep
take it or leave it
one day a week
and then we move on
with dead lines to meet
no hope in our growth
no dirt on our knees

just when you feel it's over
just when you think it's through
just when you get wind of
there's nothing you can do

every storm that you take
are a few drops of rain
put it in that frame
you can make it one more day

just when you lose all hope
just when you can't decide
a reasonable way to cope
under which rock you can hide

if you're looking for a sign
pointing to a better place
keep this thought in mind
you can make it one more day

this little ditty is not about you
unless in it you see yourself
the camera might not catch the whole truth
but count on the rest from everyone else

if it's brand new and it's shinny
screaming loudly look at me
it's all about the timing
where every niche and stich fit perfectly

when you focus on the fashion
doing your best to hide
all that you are lacking
where it all counts, on the inside

you hold the crowd back in wonder
as they all stand to their feet
trying your best not to blunder
in the showing off of your personality

they made you and they can break you
take you to the top then toss you off
where there is no one there to save you
no one there at all

when you focus on the fashion
doing your best to hide
all that you are lacking
where it all counts, on the inside

Lord, I want to thank you
Through all the good and bad
For the times that I have had
And the times that I have left

I want to thank you
For the promises you've kept
Those that you have met
And the many that are left

Thank you
For providing daily bread
Every hair that's on my head
Till my last dying breath

Lord, I want to thank you
That I've learned to accept
Everything that I have
As this life is a gift

I want to thank you
For I am deeply in your debt
And with that being said
I want to thank you once again

Thank you
For you are the Great I Am
For including this broken child in
To your perfect plan
When you called me friend