better times [mp3]

the world is stretching out before my eyes
and i finally see my direction.
time is passing moments ticking by.
and a new sunrise can change your life
if the moment is right.
and you can find the magic hour
when the vision is near
and the possible crystal clear.
nothing out there is beyond your reach ...inspired.

life rolling ever on.
faded blacktop under deep blue skies.
remembering everywhere i've been.
through these eyes i've seen better times.
and all that's going to change tonight.

i've wasted days chasing golden dreams
and i'd risk a fall to do what's right.
in the best of times i've been blessed and cursed
with this conscience i simply can't wash clean
of the things i've done.
and now another day's begun.
don't think i'll ever know for sure
what i've been searching for.
but i know one thing
that whatever waits behind that door, it's coming in.

my mind rolling ever on.
faded dreams under star lit skies.
destiny isn't what it seemed.
through these eyes i've seen better time.
but all that's going to change tonight.

lord i've tried my best to be a simple man,
loved my family and done everything i can.
and tried my best to lend a hand along the way.
i guess at times we're all misunderstood.
seen birth and death; my friends through the bad and good.
you learn to sacrifice the things you should along the way.

well isn't that life? yeah it's my life.
and i've seen better times, but that's alright.

where do we go from here [mp3]

with a kiss before a whisper she's telling me all i want to hear,
snapping every thread i need to sanity but i hold her dear.
wrapped around her finger i'm more her minion that her love.
i guess i'm stuck with my choice suicide that's death by feeling dumb.
and i'll wake, from this mess, i'll be laughing at myself.
it's all i've been searching for.

so where do we go from here?
as i drive through life, weaving in my lane.

lost, alone and broken i've been shaken from the blank where i began.
trying to make my self from nothing, something i can understand.
caught up in this maelstrom, circling tragedy and shame,
intention is the rock that i can cling to as my life runs down the drain.
and it's true, yeah it seems, i'm at odds with everything.
i am my own worst enemy.

so where do we go from here?
as i drive through life, weaving in my lane.
so where do we go from here?
she'll keep me safe; keep me sane.
lately i don't feel anything...

so where do we go from here?
as i drive through life, weaving in my lane.
so where do we go from here?
she'll keep me safe; keep me sane.
so where do we go from here?
with a world of conflict running through my brain,
lately i don't feel anything...

burn [mp3]

things keep changing, moving around me now
over the pieces of another life shattered.
in a race i'm losing, no one to run me down.
don't know where i really want to be... no.

moving, lying. living, dying
time's the fire in which we burn.

i face myself in the mirror each morning.
look in my eyes try to see what i've been thinking.
we're so distracted by the every day ins and outs.
can someone tell me what life's all about?

moving, lying. living, dying
time's the fire in which we burn.
hating, trusting, loving, lusting
time's the fire in which we burn,
in which you learn to compromise.

there's no telling what's coming around the corner this time.
we're filling all our lives with our wants and desires.
it's something. we're all racing towards the end and have to face...

time. this time in our lives. we're trying to make it.
faith, trust, love, lust. we're only human after all.

moving, lying. living, dying
time's the fire in which we burn.
hating, trusting, loving, lusting
time's the fire in which we burn,
in which you learn to compromise.