when everything that follows you has brought you to your knees
surrender offers, there and then, the peace you chose to* seek
and in the arms of Truth you'll learn to see yourself again
the way you were when time was breath you counted as a friend
when every conversation fed some life into your bones
and ended with goodbyes that said, "you'll never walk alone"
before the water's yellowed drink for everybody's sake
and pour your sober thoughts upon the mothers wide awake
remember every nightmare and remember every dream
you're given life and death the same, to live or never be