The nightmare has awoken,
The demons are back.
Where am I headed?
I'm on the wrong track.

Darkness looms over me,
Threatening to break me again.
I have to fight it.
I can't let it win.

The demons they are strong,
What can I do now?
I don't know how I can win,
I feel like I'm drowning.

Take a deep breath,
Take back control.
Find the fight within you,
Don't let it go.

Wipe away your tears,
Hide away your fears,
Don't let the darkness take you.
Hold on to the light,

Stand up tall and proud
Smile to yourself and say
You didn't beat me this time,
I live to fight another day.

It’s night time again.
Here I sit,
Thinking of the beginning,
The middle and the end.
Where am I going?
What am I doing?
Will I ever get there?
Then realization hits
I know why I take
The highs and the lows.
It’s the passion inside
That drives me on
I have to use my voice
In a poem or a song
To show them all
They have a place
They can belong.
I have to say these words
Hoping it can keep them strong
To give them a reason just to hold on
To show them there is love in this dark world
And so I keep going
No matter how hard
My own journey gets
There’s always work to be done
There’s no time to rest.

I'll never let you get me down,
I'll never let you break me now,
I'm standing strong today.
Never again will I run away,
I've suffered enough.
It's time to rise up.
Time to live and breathe,
To no longer hide beneath
The mask of smiles I hide behind.
It's time to forget the pain,
And learn to be myself again.

The stage is set,
Lines have been learned
Scenes have been rehearsed
Now the audience piles in
They take their seats waiting for the show to begin
Silence falls as the curtain goes up
I stand in the wings waiting for my first line
It's a great show, everything's going fine
The audience reactions come at just the right time
Standing here I think to myself and smile
I don't know the exact reason why
But being in the theater makes me feel so alive
Here is where my heart is
Here is where the magic is
The theater is my home.

There are no doors
I'll build one for myself
I can't wait around on the shelf
My hands are so sore
There is still no door
I'll keep building til it's done
For I have a feeling
The door I build
Will be my only one.

Time is always turning,
The sun in the sky is still burning,
But like everything in life,
The flowers of summer come and go.
Just like the golden leaves of Autumn
Or the crisp white winter snow.
Nothing lasts forever
Sooner or later it will all just go.

Time is always moving
It's a battle we'll always be losing
Life's too short to sit and dwell
On all the things we don't do well
The times are always changing
The summer sun will set again
The clouds will form and bring the rain
But nothing will ever last forever.