Can there be light when it's dark?
Can someone never have a scar or a lasting mark?
Can an innocent child awaken from an unfair death?
Can someone swim underwater, and not need to catch a breath?
Can there be sunshine when it's pouring rain?
Can a lion and a bunny play as one in the same?
Can someone live their life without ever breaking a heart?
Can someone erase all their mistakes, and make a new start?
Can there be a person, who has never once cried?
Can their perhaps be a person, who never will die?
Can a world with so much evil ever have peace?
Can everything so bad just remarkably cease?
Can there be a newborn baby who can walk and not fall?
Can there be a person who can answer any question at all?

Oh I pray for change for something new in my life

But when it comes its not as I imagined, I'll curse and curse the skies

I beg for forgiveness with the taste of whisky still on my Tongue

And that last puff of pipe tobacco still filling my lungs

I pray for hope and strength I’ll never apply when the time arises

I'll demand to see the light though when I do I'll shield my eyes claiming its too bright

Oh I wanna believe lord I wanna believe with just the right amount of conviction that I don't have to practice what I preach

So I can pick apart everyone and reveal their smallest of flaws

Then turn the other way when I myself become guilty of them all

I want to fund the hungry of Africa but I spent my last dollar on this diamond crested watch

And I want to provide aid to those in haiti but it requires vaccination and I just can't stand shots

Oh I’m proud of freedom and this glorious promise land

Proud to be such a religious, caring, American

it's spring again(,) and again
i'm the only thing that's
                                     dying
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         is              i
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i wonder what you'd look like
if you were stripped of your skin,
would your bones be as perfect
as your shell?

or would they be heavy with scars
etched into you slowly, filled with ink,
and laced with names you
wish you could forget?

step one:
find somebody who is
beautiful, kind, charming, intelligent,
witty, caring, and
broken

step two:
fall so in love that you are convinced
that no matter how many problems
this person has,
they are absolutely perfect

step three:
when they break down and show you their scars,
hold them when they cry,
kiss them on the cheek,
and make them tea

step four:
when they tell you they wish
they weren't so ****** up,
and that they wouldn't blame you
if you walked away

promise that you'll stay

step five:
realize that just staying is too inadequate,
that everybody says they'll stay
then has their bags packed in a week

immediately upon realization,
swear that you will not-leave
because staying requires no change or effort,
while not leaving is a risk

step six:
let the person know that they are worth that risk