Between The Fire And The Flames

Title: “Between The Fire & The Fade”

Born in a hospital room under fluorescent skies

Same ending waiting for us all

Tick… tick… tick…

I came out screaming with blood in my lungs

Hands to the sky but I still felt numb

Learned real fast this world don’t wait

Smile for the picture then hand you fate

Some chase money, some chase God

Some walk barefoot through broken odds

Some build kingdoms made of dust

Some lose everything trying to trust

I watched heroes fall and demons rise

Truth get buried beneath pretty lies

Life’s got teeth and it loves to bite

Leaves scars you carry into the night

We’re all just sparks in a hurricane

Holding on while we drown in rain

Life and death and everything between

Broken halos and shattered dreams

We’re all one heartbeat from the edge tonight

One breath away from losing the fight

Scream if you’re living!

Scream if you’re dead!

Scream for the voices trapped inside your head!

I’ve seen fathers disappear like smoke

Watched strong men bend and finally broke

I’ve seen angels wearing dirty clothes

And devils smiling where the flowers grow

Every goodbye leaves blood on the floor

Every closed door becomes one more war

Every memory burns like a disease

Still we get back up on bleeding knees

WE LIVE!

WE DIE!

WE ASK OURSELVES THE REASONS WHY!

NO FEAR!

NO MASK!

THE CLOCK DON’T CARE HOW LONG YOU LAST!

ASH TO ASH!

BONE TO DUST!

IN THE END WHAT MATTERS IS WHO WE TRUST!

Life and death and everything between

All the things we were and things unseen

When the darkness finally calls my name

I’ll go down screaming through the flames

Because I was here…

I WAS HERE!

And I refuse to disappear!