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I break through the barriers You set in my life Look past the decisions That took your future out of sight You didn’t see the hope That could’ve made your breath matter You just took that needle And watched your dreams shatter I was always told That your laugh was contagious You’d light up that room Like nobody else, they’d say this I wish I could just see it To see you at your best Even when you hid the scars Buried underneath your chest I wish they didn’t judge you I wish they just loved you I wish they didn’t show you hatred But told you, you could make it Because even a gloomy moon’s reflection Can show the light A man with no direction Still has a reason to fight A man with no good intentions Can still choose what’s right A man with no vision Still has sight You just had to look. Look past the corruption To understand that the Idols led to nothing The ****** that filled your veins That caused you pain That controlled your brain That made you go insane Was not an unbreakable chain People tell me I shouldn’t Think about my past They say it’s only my future I should grasp They say I can’t learn anything From the life you lived Cause the decisions you made Have nothing to give But dad, I don’t listen I think of you often I try to understand The purpose of your coffin I try to understand Why you wanted to be forgotten I try to understand Why you thought your life was rotten Because that is far from the truth You were just strapped to a bomb You didn’t know how to diffuse So you did teach me something That no matter the mess I will never give up on the people Society defines helpless Or turn my back on someone who’s in distress Because they’re lost And they forget what it feels like to be blessed And so I want to live My life so I can prove That no matter your situation It can be renewed And no matter the chains They can be removed Because the life we live Is not a life to loose Because even a gloomy moons reflection Can show the light A man with no direction Still has a reason to fight A man with no good intentions Can still choose what’s right A man with no vision Still has sight. You just have to look.
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Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015 at 10:44 PM UTC
Uninvited Lessons
I break through the barriers You set in my life Look past the decisions That took your future out of sight You didn’t see the hope That could’ve made your breath matter You just took that needle And watched your dreams shatter I was always told That your laugh was contagious You’d light up that room Like nobody else, they’d say this I wish I could just see it To see you at your best Even when you hid the scars Buried underneath your chest I wish they didn’t judge you I wish they just loved you I wish they didn’t show you hatred But told you, you could make it Because even a gloomy moon’s reflection Can show the light A man with no direction Still has a reason to fight A man with no good intentions Can still choose what’s right A man with no vision Still has sight You just had to look. Look past the corruption To understand that the Idols led to nothing The ****** that filled your veins That caused you pain That controlled your brain That made you go insane Was not an unbreakable chain People tell me I shouldn’t Think about my past They say it’s only my future I should grasp They say I can’t learn anything From the life you lived Cause the decisions you made Have nothing to give But dad, I don’t listen I think of you often I try to understand The purpose of your coffin I try to understand Why you wanted to be forgotten I try to understand Why you thought your life was rotten Because that is far from the truth You were just strapped to a bomb You didn’t know how to diffuse So you did teach me something That no matter the mess I will never give up on the people Society defines helpless Or turn my back on someone who’s in distress Because they’re lost And they forget what it feels like to be blessed And so I want to live My life so I can prove That no matter your situation It can be renewed And no matter the chains They can be removed Because the life we live Is not a life to loose Because even a gloomy moons reflection Can show the light A man with no direction Still has a reason to fight A man with no good intentions Can still choose what’s right A man with no vision Still has sight. You just have to look.
stefan-smith
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Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015 at 10:44 PM UTC
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