i'm lying but not sleeping
and the dreams still come
eyes open as i'm told
to remember one
i hear an angel singing
and her voice reminds me
a note comes out, a string is strum -
i know where i will be

she tells me to be patient
she tells me to hold on
she tells me to remember that i am still strong
she speaks of my visions
says never let them go
and i hear what she's saying
things that i already know

but it's hard to stay focused
and it's hard to stay clear
with all the pain around us,
our path is sometimes smeared
we question our choices
rough roads lie ahead
it's easy to stay stagnant
say the voices that are in my head
one force pulls me forward
once force pulls me back
today, one is stronger
but tomorrow, that same one lacks

this day seems so long
the future is so far away
the angel's still calling
but i look the other way

she tells me i'm still glowing
she says to follow through
i tell her that i have seen
what black magic can do

and it's hard to stay focused
and it's hard to stay clear
with all the pain around us,
our path is sometimes smeared
we question our choices
rough roads lie ahead
it's easy to stay stagnant
say the voices that are in my head
one force pulls me forward
once force takes me back
today, one is stronger
and tomorrow, that same one lacks
either way, i'm still going
what other choice do i have?
hope carries me forward
and now i can never turn back
no, now i can't ever turn back..

my 9th life almost lost again
caught in the ocean turmoil whirlwind
you passed me - i called out 'i'm fine'
then turned and saw there was no shoreline

how quickly my faith walked away
before i had a chance to say goodbye
the peace i'd made with her died that day
and i was left with no wings to fly

sat on a rock and tried to cry
and you stayed silent while the wind hummed
and why that moment stays in mind
that peace that comes from being humbled

i cried out my fear
then i called out your name
quiet but clear
you were sent, then you came
so thank you my dear
for being the same
and saving me from
myself once again

i - i just realized
i still use my mind
to keep trying to find
this crackerjack prize
again i realize
that in realizing
that itself's my mind's game
playing tricks on me
i wish i could see
that it's all make-believe
then i could be relieved
maybe i'd feel peace
then there'd be release
then maybe one day, i'll be free..

too much of everything i see
moves on and passes over me
this time, i gotta let it be
what's mine, i gotta wait and see
takes time, i know about that beat
my mind, it's got to be emptied
this life, what's gotten over me?
my rhyme, it's got to be set free

you gotta set it free baby
i'm talking you and me baby
you gotta let it be baby

not sure what i'm supposed to do
you don't kiss me the way you used to
sometimes, i feel i just can't breathe
so worried, thinking that you'll leave

you know what i would do for you
bring heaven down into our room
but see that don't mean anything
if you're not feeling the same thing

you gotta do it too baby
i'm talking me and you baby
you gotta love me too baby

we'll have to wait and see
you know that i want we
but it's not up to me

so tell me where we go from here
i'm happy when i have you near
if only baby you could see
no one's gonna love you like me
but see – i gotta love me too
they say to thine own self, be true
you gotta give me what i need
and make me a priority

see baby what i need is you
and i'm hoping that you need me too
i wanna love you tenderly
and give you everything you need
so tell me you'll take special care
and that you'd follow anywhere
we got a lot of things to see
know baby that you're safe with me

you've been my dream come true baby
to thine own self be true baby
you gotta love me too baby

the clouds are lifting. the drugs are fading away
the fog’s receding. the sun is rising they say
and i am waiting. and i am waiting to say
that i can hear you, and i am ready to stay

will you come with me?
we’ll go on fading away
into the sunshine
no one will follow this way
will you come with me?
and if i asked you to stay?
would you be happy?
now tell me, what would you say?

the clouds are lifting. the tide is turning this way
the sky is melting, and we are all in its way
do you resent me? or are you happy you stayed?
please don’t be angry, that things have turned out this way

do you still love me?
or has it all washed away?
will you stay with me?
don’t let us go on this way
and i am waiting
and i am waiting to say
that i am empty
and i am ready to stay

when i was young, they said to me
when you are grown, you will be free
i said i know just what you mean
when i am grown, i will be queen

said i just don't know
which way to go

so now i’m grown as you can see
and like they said, she came for me
her hair was long.  her smile was sweet
reached out her hand, said don't worry

said i just don't know
which way to go

it’s hard when you stumble inside
i know, but i still wanna ride
at least you know which way to go
i still don’t know

it’s better when you're calm inside
i know it's hard but stabilize
too much inside won't help you grow
said yeah, i know.

i followed close.  she bewitched me
i’d never seen so much beauty
but where we were, i could not see
she calmed my soul, said don't worry

said now i know
which way to go

i'm waiting on a change in weather
you know that i can't wait forever
i can't stand here no more
feels like i've been standing forever

yeah i'm waiting on a change in weather
this cloud's been hovering forever
for so long i've watched it pour
it's been washing over me forever..

it's rained before
i don't want no more

still waiting on that change in weather
that time when we come back together
i don't care in what form
thought maybe we could change together

yeah still waiting on that change in weather
you know that we've done this forever
our love's weathered many storms
since god first put it all together..

it's rained before
i don't want no more

still waiting on that change in weather
you know that i can wait forever
my love doesn't know war
it just goes on and on forever.. forever..

it's rained before
i don't want no more