There’s a Darkness (But There’s Also a Light)

I used to kill myself to feel like I was alive,
But since I lost you friend, I learned it was a lie…
All those walls we build so tall and wide,
It’s a coward’s way to be alive.
Well… the last few years I’ve been going out of my mind,
trying to grow up but not feel old at the same time…
I hid the pain that lived inside…
I was hopeless; you gave me a reason to fight.
I always wake up on the road,
singing songs about going home.
I’m a hypocrite and a ghost,
I haunt the cities between the coasts,
so I know that the ones that we love never really leave,
so I’ll see you in the rearview… smiling from the backseat.
We’re for the ones who scream love…loud at the night.
There’s a darkness, but there’s also a light.
All these memories get jumbled,
like some book that I read…
as a kid and could imagine a thousand ways for it to end,
but I know you can’t shed dead skin without shedding a few tears,
so all those times I wanna disappear, I know you’ll be right here.
…and to the wolves I’ll scream love… in your name like a flame.
You taught me to never be ashamed.



There's a Darkness (but There's also a Light)

Dreams Are Maps

We waste all of our time chasing some finish line,
a point of success we defined in our minds.
A spiral of stress, fear, and doubt…
Oh I used to think that’s what life was about…
Until I laid my eyes on something pure, 
more beautiful than I had ever seen before.
She reminded me it’s the journey that counts,
One day the good that you’ve done will come back around.
Everything that you know will fade… 
Don’t let the deeds of your past become a trap.
Everyday is destroyed to create… a new dance with fate,
a chance to learn from our mistakes.
I used to look at the world through a half fucked-up glass,
until Tony told me that my dreams are a map.
I thought about this eviction scene… 
The American dream ripped from under our feet.
Some people think that a vote sets them free, 
well tell that to the family asleep on the streets.
When I woke up in a park surrounded by friends,
I knew these felon politicians wouldn’t stop us again.
Everything that you love will fade,
Sometimes we know that things will never be the same.
Everyday we strengthen our hearts,
we learn that every end is just another start.


Dreams are Maps

Songs by Heart

Let the songs you know by heart… be the light you grasp in the dark.
I wanna throw this pain right off my back, cause when you feel like 
giving up, I guess it’s best to laugh. Put some joy into the world, and it’ll 
give it back. Perfection is subjective… please remember that.
All the years come crawling back… to haunt you with the failures of the past.
I was a lonely kid, but it heals with time. You gotta keep the ones you love 
right by your side… Get lost and feel small under western skies… the stars 
can bring you back when you’re dead inside. The sunset burns my eyes,
as the perfect day dies. In the morning we will rise, with another chance to try.
I think there’s beauty in the worst… a light that one day will burst…
Through the cracks in the walls and they’ll all fall apart. We all have love and 
fear at war in our hearts. Just believe in yourself without a doubt…
The wolf that we feed always wins out. The sunset burns my eyes,
as the perfect day dies. In the morning we will rise, with another chance to try.
On the back roads… in a small town, where my grandpa put his roots down,
I was holding your hand, thinking about…what it means to go home.
At the gates of Ft. Benning, where the killers learn their trade,
I saw a woman climb the fence… to the other side…when they took her away,
She said…’Although we may not know what’s on the other side,
If we pause to our fear then it’s all been a lie. Life’s a ring of fire, you better step inside. Get some rest when you’re dead… we are alive.



WittWild