Verse 1: My heart aches in pain To be healed of these timeless scars. Maybe, if I keep faking it, Things will illuminate. Light the way.
Chorus: Show me what it means to live Show me the meaning of love. Show me what I cannot see 'Cause I am alone in this world. I am a lonely self in the darkness... Waiting aimlessly to be free Of pain, suffering, and worries.
Verse 2: My voice and story will be heard. Now, is the time for me to Rise from the ashes. Like a moth drawn to the flames, I will be heard. The heart blooming yet shattered, Yearns to be heard.
Bridge: This tattered heart, Torn into pieces, Aches to belong In this world... I am nothing on my own. But, I also know that I am nothing without you.
Verse 1:
I can sense it:
Our story is not over yet.
You are the one.
You are my life.
You are my dream.
You are my soul.
You are always
On my mind.
Chorus:
As long as you are here with me,
We can truly become “us”.
I realized you cannot find
“The True You” alone.
But, with the one
You love the most.
I love you.
Verse 2:
I’ve taken the long way back to us.
However, I found “us” in each other.
The only thing worth living for
Is the power of our love.
Give it away.
Take it away.
You heal my scars and wounds.
Bridge:
‘Cause tonight, I’ll be at your side.
Our story never ends.
It begins with us,
In finding “us”
In each other.
Our story begins now.
They fought for our liberties yet we fought not for theirs
They watched their friends and comrades die
Let them live in alleys or on a park bench as if nobody cares
Is this the reward we give them for sacrificing their life
They enlisted in the service as any proud man does for his country
Dodged bullets, grenades, rockets, terrorist attacks & land mines too
Now returned home we leave them with mental scars and hungry
We toss them aside as if they do not exist and treat them cruel
Back home they rushed with their heads held high
Those who lived that is, lucky enough to escape the horror of hell's wrath
Exited planes proudly, hiding the pain & wondering why they did not die
Waking up at night sweating, reliving a bomb that blew up on the path
You were drinking a cup of hot coffee and reading the morning paper
They were knee deep in freezing water, trembling in fear, guns held tight
After a joyful day at work you join your pals drinking in a mischievous caper
No party for them as they Burl deep in the cold ground for the night
You drive home with a buzz, kiss your wife, and put your children to bed
Take a nice warm shower, sit cuddling in front of a movie, laugh and eat
No luxuries for that soldier fighting for you because he has to count the dead
Carry his comrades wore torn bodies to be stripped head to feet
If he is lucky he will squeeze in a quick peak of a photo of his kid
Kiss the photo and mentally tuck his child in to bed
You slumber a sleep of fantastic and wild awesome dreams, heaven forbid
While a hero mentally pins his eyelids open, no time for sleep, evil he must rid
When was the last time you thanked the hero's that fought while you slept
That missed the children they love, while you tucked yours away warm
Most of them came back broken, missing limbs, while all of yours you kept
They can't seem to get decent medical yet for you they rode hell's storm
They fought for your liberties, when in God's name will you fight for theirs!
By: Wayne Hoss
Verse 1: Now that the odds are stacked against you,
Who or what will you run to now?
'Cause duck now or take cover
These lies you tell yourself continue to grow.
Chorus: Without a care against the world,
You smile and carry on
As if your heart has never been broken before.
You and I, we're both up against something greater than ourselves.
Verse 2: After all that you've endeared,
You put yourself to the test.
Up against something greater than ourselves,
The battles won, the game's over, you've won.
Bridge: Now that everything is over,
Who or what will you run to now?
What keeps you alive and running?
'Cause babe, we're up against something grreater than ourselves.
Last-Chorus: The battle's over, the ship has sunk.
Could you be my unsung hero?
'Cause I'm fighting these battles alone.
We're up against something greater than ourselves.