They always saw the world as a place half empty, overtaken by decay and too late to escape.
As if we were lowest on the food chain and the world really were dog eat dog they raised me up.
They've trained us to hide.
They taught us fear.  

All we face is danger.
Our instincts scream "run"  
Where is goodness?
Better stay in your cage for that is wisdom and only there are you safe
Brainwashed by cowardice we may breathe, but does anyone ever live?

The world is no death trap though they are afoot within it.
If safety means staying in a cage give me a spoonful of danger.  I'd sooner die unafraid.

My home is with the trees, the water, and mountains  
Because there I see myself for who I really am
Me in all my own insignificance, my smallness    

In untamed landscapes I'm reminded of my roughness
But it's not the negative thing society speaks of
Comfort lies hidden where no one ever thought it could possibly be found
To embrace complete comfort is to finally accept how utterly weak we are
When we finally lay down our guns, make peace with God, and realize we've never been alone all along

In the forest when we are stripped of all save our senses  
The thrill and peace of existence wrap around each other somewhere in the furthest places of whatever we're made of
And our eyes are opened for a second to see life's perfect contradiction
It's unfathomable simplicity infinitely beyond the mind's reasoning

In unrefined places, the wilds we've never touched,
Those corners of our world few eyes have peered into  
Still stand boldly the messages imprinted on glorious creation
The signs of hope, of change, eternity past and eternity coming  
The truth that screams out loudest in the quiet
We are products of love  
That great ocean none could ever measure, predict, or control
The name of He who put the skin on our bones, the artist of souls  
And He is all

Rest and peace  
Follow where He leads
Life is mine to drink
I am love's to keep

Truth in every word
The sweetest streams I've heard
Run in torrents from His lips
With beautiful grace anointed  

How He really cares
Up in arms He'll bear
We the frail
The sick and pale

Infinite everything
Is ours when He sings
Hearts  start to beat
When heaven and mankind meet

Look after the wanderers.  Don't let us lose ourselves.  
You always sing our songs.

Spirit rises like the tide's edges.  
Whole and complete yet without walls.  
Watch Him walk, He drifts like snow.  
Heavy on the harmful, with the meek on tiptoes

Let them come, all spill out
Words run like rivers from your mouth  
Make me alive, awake, and free
I start to breath every time you speak  
  
I have no words
So I'll just be silent
I know you still hear me
Even in quiet

Our hearts are so close now
There's no need for speaking
My prayer consists of being
Listening to your breathing

We cannot be hopeless
We cannot be alone
All this cannot be pointless  
We cannot be accidents  
God cannot be nonexistent

Restlessness was infectious when we began the hunt
And then we broke and began making ourselves numb
Ran so fast, tripped upon pride  
Fell so hard, black and blue these bruises shine

Sink into slumber, just ourselves we're fooling  
**** in this poison, deny that it's pooling
Below the flesh where we can't see it
Find the antidote before we bleed it

The lie strung us up before we could cut it
Claim fear of oblivion but why do we rush it?  
Embrace our decay on the way to a grave  
We could escape, but reject the way

Lived just for us, but turned out to be empty  
We were stuck in selfishness upon entry
Forgetting-we got that wrong when we left out each other  
Using humans to fill lonely voids, but never loving our brother