Custom Made

2

For All the Wrong Reasons

Can you hear these words
As their echo dies away
Will the meaning fade
Or will it stay

If you listen closely
You'll find the key that's hidden there
To unlock the secret
Your heart bears

A gentle voice
That gives you choice
To guide you home
Or lead you on

All your life you've been reaching for the source
Tell me what is it you're really looking for
Are you ready to stay on course
Don't stop before you get to the core

All your life you've been trying to run uphill
Do you really think this cross is yours to bear
Will you ever stop tilting at windmills
Until you do you'll get nowhere

You'll see
In time I'll make you see
That I'll go through
I'll make it through no matter what you do
You cannot stop me
I'm way beyond your reach
I'm done with all the learning
Now it's my turn to teach

They'll try
They'll try to close their eyes
But they will see
In the end everyone will see
That only I could
Ever set them free
They'll just have to accept me
And I'll provide the key

So stop wasting my time
I'm a bringer of reason and rhyme
Take no more of their lame excuses
Shame on the one who refuses

They'll try to hide but I'll find them
Drag them out in the open
Shed light on the fears that daunt them
Cast out the demons that haunt them

Rise and spread the word
Don't be deaf, dumb and blind
Keep talking until you're heard
Open up your mind

I was the one who told you to go
I was the one you expected to know
You were the one, cause I chose you
You thought you'd won
But now I know you

12

Falling Apart

As I allow the light
to lift me from the night
I travel starless
to a different darkness

I'm drifting through a thick fog
I feel a warm breeze blowing
I must be drawing near
to the signal fires glowing

I see people I know
brought up here from below
they say I should leave
that I won't be received

I can do anything
and I don't want to leave

Taken down by the weight of
a burden I never chose to
take I'm reduced to a state of
complete hopelessness by my foes

I'm counting on you to take me
somewhere far from here
I must get out before they break me
don't let me drown in fear

Familiar faces
in unknown places
Who's gonna show me what's behind
all these long-lost, now found traces

No clue is given
yet somehow I feel driven
by some force towards a goal
to be made into a whole

Feeling worlds apart
within one heart

Taken down by the weight of
a burden I never chose to
take I'm reduced to a state of
complete hopelessness by my foes

I'm counting on you to take me
somewhere far from here
I must get out before they break me
don't let me drown in fear

Broken, buried
as my world begins to fall apart
Sinking, drowning
now all hope is gone I'm left without a heart

4

The Noise Inside

Awake and still dreaming
I search my mind
a noise I find streaming
but it's trapped inside

I can find no way to let it
break out free and wild
I can find no way to keep it
calm and mild

A well of sound gathers
every note that rings true
I'd like to think it matters
if they can get the message through

I need to make it clear
but I hope to keep it dark
I'm silenced by the fear
of what a word now may spark

But now it's coming to the surface
it's trying to burst across the dam
I'm frightened by how near
the breaking point I am

And yet I hear a voice that whispers
'Oh, that it has come'
I don't think I could stay forever
comfortably dumb

Do I know what's best for me?
Can I trust what my eyes see?
I thrust ahead in hope to feel
something that just may be real

Feel the pressure pushing me ahead
I'm not gonna make it through now
Into the final unknown I am led
I don't want to make it through now
I don't think I can keep the noise at bay
I'll just have to scrape through somehow
I watch myself slowly fade away

Was I right, was I wrong
to keep silent for so long?
Stayed inside, tried to hide
hoped no-one would turn the tide

It is so easy to stay down
and always look the other way
keep misreading all the signs
and never question what they say

And now I know just what I've done
I dreamed the dream my own way
looked for a sign when there were none
but I saw them anyway

No longer dreaming
with nothing to find
rudely awoken
with a reeling mind

Awake and still dreaming
I search my mind
The noise I found streaming
is now on the outside

The well of sound gathered
only notes that rang true
though I don't know, I can hope
that they will get the message through