Stars...

We write s0 often of things we know nothing of
Sickness and health
Beauty and wealth
Stories of giants and monsters
Tales filled with princesses...
... and stars
The stars up in the sky
The stars that never lie
The stars that always stay
Bright as day
That never fade away

We sing so often of things we don't remember
Of hate and joy
Of girls and boys
Of water and rain
Of fire and pain
Songs of getting famous
Of becoming stars...
Bright as the noon day sun
Bright as the marquee
Dreaming of becoming number one
Praying that this won't come undone

But the ones we want to become carry us on
We ride off into the sunset on the shoulders of those that made us
We ride on the wings of stars

Reconstruction

Hey there, I forgot what I was going to say
Would you mind if I made it up as I went?
As I recount the things that happen every day
As we wish the love and loss and pain away

We dropped the bomb on consistency
We lost all the friends we met
And left the wreak in a flame of infamy
Let's roll around in our own depravity

But another look might show something new
We could find all those things that we regret
Then we rectify until our faces blue
And I stand here supporting you

I think we need Someone to save us
Can we patch up the hope we've rent?
Let's buy back all the time we spent
On useless things and destruction
Let's rebuild the bridges
Let's start over

Focus

Owning up, manning up
Time to take it up
Pick it back up off the floor
Looking down at mistakes galore
The shiny, broken pieces
All lined up in a row
I'm picking up the pieces
The ones I used to throw
Far and wide
With a reckless abandon
The ones I hid from them
It's all out in the open
They all know
Where I've been
What's going on
What I'm doing
What I'm thinking
Stop the hiding
Stop the lying
Stop the beating, the breathing
Of the poison into your lungs
Of all the haunting that you've brung
To the table of this house
What you did to the mouse
In his cage
Like you think this is all your stage
Back up and step off
Stop hogging the spotlight
Don't you know?
This isn't your show
I'm picking up the pieces that you threw
What the whole time we fully knew
Would come to this
No other road
No other place
That I'd rather be
That I'd rather see
Me here
You there
Where you're supposed to be
Stop the lies
Stop the pain
I'm not listening to you any more
I'm smarter than before
I'm owning up, I'm manning up
Time to take a stand
And defend this hopeless land
With my fearless leaders
They carry me on
On their wings I fly
Up into the sky
Up into the sky...

Through the Winter

Hey it's been awhile
Since I've seen you smile
It's been too long
Since we sang that song
It's been a million days
Walking without a way
Trying to find the road
Trying to lighten the load
But we look everywhere but up
We look every other way for help
We forget
We die like flies
In the dark

So I'm stepping back and taking stock
Taking advice I used to mock
I'm trusting in the One
And waiting for the sun
To bring us back to
Healing
Breathing
Believing

Don't you forget
I never left
I'm still standing here
Waiting for the sun
To bring me back to life