"'I. Make It Home By Sunrise"'
Sultry downtown summer night
Under an orange dome of heavy clouds
Tail lights dance around like fireflies
In the shimmering pools at the curbside
Ignoring the crowd and the traffic
You look ahead, and you hurry on
Not that anyone waits for you
In that empty shell on the seventh floor
Where you rattle around like a stone in a can
Dreading the thought of the coming day
Living your life like a jaded hero
Wrestling the evil within yourself
Are you satisfied with what you found?
I'd give all I have to bring you home
If you leave now you can make it home by sunrise
I remember the day you said goodbye
You said you had to find your way alone
Look where your solo flight has left you
At the end of yourself on the seventh floor
Once again the hounds of disenchantment
Drag your dreams to the ground
Heavy and intractable
That same old ache as from a broken bone
Rises in you as you move to the window
Looking out so weary and sad
Summon the courage to shift your gaze
And look toward home where I wait for you
My door is open should you feel inclined
Come with me and leave this world behind
If you can make it home by sunrise
You're too tired to stand your ground
And too weak to run away
Your heartbeat is pounding out with sorrow
And another drink won't drive away the pain
"'II. Out Of The Ashes"'
Finding it so hard
To define your dreams and make them real
What you've discovered
Is something that the whole world feels
Searching your horizon
For something you can call your own
Where is the profit
When what you keep you keep alone
Time is not your healer
And pain is hard to kill
And you can't deny the empty space
That cries out to be filled
Who will you run to
In a time when your whole world crashes
Whose hands will lift you
Like a diamond, out of the ashes
Still have a vision
Of damage done so long ago
The image is faded
And the memory's old
But the pain still shows
So hard to let it go
To relinquish what's been done to you
You thought you'd left it far behind
Yet you wonder why it's killing you
Time is not your healer
And pain is hard to kill
And you can't deny the empty space
That cries out to be filled
Who will you run to
In a time when your whole world crashes
Whose hands will lift you
Like a diamond, out of the ashes
I wrestled for the thousandth time
With the fear that tried to choke me
But I knew my time had come at last
And I resolved to make the journey home
"'III. Lead Me On"'
I'm not sure how I should do this
I've never known this love before
Can you show me?
All the things I should've learned
All the anger and the getting burned
Now I stand here all alone
Look into my eyes and see the pain deep within them
And all the broken promises I've been too quick to invest in
Take this weariness and fling it far from me
And steady this reckless life
Comfort this broken heart
Take these trembling hands
And Lead me on