for some reason

for some reason
we hang on
for some reason
we still breath

fallen world
broken hearts
rising empires
fractured souls

try and fail
try again
to win the world
you must succeed
be number one
in flawless form
skinny levels
to live up to
though impossible
still fought after

why we live
for all the cries
of empty praise
that only last
till you show your back
to the crowd of dogs
that bark your name

you were the prize
of lust and shame
you were the prize
that fed their shouts
they taste your skin
they grab your heart
and catch your eye
then drag you in

i do not know
but just for one moment
of praise alone
'tis beautiful
to the empty one
why it is
we live for them

darkened Son
excuses for hell
running with guns
screaming in hate
crying with power
bleeding with pride
redemption save
our hollow hearts

redemption save
our weeping eyes

my mother and my brother
are caught up in the lies
my sister and my father
are hearing evil cries
turning just to see
a burning building
once called home
sucked in and spit out
they kneel at their graves
jumping in would steel the pain
giving silence as a gift
bitterly won
but sweet in sound
to them who break

running feet
shaking limbs
tripping on debris
from those I loved
bombs and rocks
enter the sky
like birds who once
filled our skies

who are you now?
where are you now?
what do you do
with pictures in your head
of once loved laughter
smiles and babies
sunshine and kisses
ice cream dishes
sweet and sound
a life i lived
with peace and joy
on wings of my heart

soaked to your scalp
drowning in lies
battled with hate
now sitting in skin
ravaged and worn

piercing is the word
you say
that perfectly describes
the happy world we're livin in
and the emptiness inside

displaced anger
forward blows
swolen lungs
sing the cries
of child and mother
life has just died
why would we kill
a life not yet lived
why would we judge it
unworthy to speak?

that is what we are
what our hearts have settled into
death set to music
of this ending

but I have a secret
a love beyond the sky
life can be lived
in a world
tuned to it's end
tuned to each other
scraping right by
stretching your hand
for one last bite
a small, final drip
water not clear
mud in your eyes
not making you blind
but making you see
what we're framed into now
a life, not quite lived
a world, not quite that strong

listen to me
yes open your ears
there is a life
void of these cries
lived in great peace
for all of our lives
love in the air
you breath in the grace
your heart beats with fire
you've been set on by Life
run with your feet
fields full of green
skies that are bright
beautiful smiles
faces of light
here you will rest
never removed
'cause the bearer of life
holds you real tight
golden gates
unending love
no conditions or fights
competitions or rights
here you were made
now you are held
in arms of forgiveness
eternity speaks
"come back home child
I've loved you forever
and so shall I stay"

staying in love
basking in grace
forever clean
ending the race
aching is gone
replaced with a heart
beating so bright
pure as the snow
bright is this light
flowing with peace
white as His eyes