Nothing Left to Lose

backed up in a corner, my reflection

my own demons i see staring back at me

nothing left to lose

when life's got the best of you and every move seems like the wrong one there's nothing you can do and nothing  left to lose

when it seems that what we want is out of reach

and nothing going our way

everything you try no matter what you say or do

always seems to blow up in your face

but now the tide has changed and opportunity is knocking at my door ive got nothing left to lose

just as i'm about to sink down to the depths of the abyss

i see a hand reach down and

with nothing left to lose.

you pulled me from out my self dug grave

freed me from a slave

of self conviction

you filled me with hope i never had

a life i never know

My Friends Make Me StrongEver since i took a look up toward the skyi see things in a new lightwhat's up is down what's left is back behind our eyesand everything's so clearly hazynothing seems to make any sense to melife's going down this silent road and life's all we knowyou will not fall flat on your facecause i'll be there to pick you up againthe cruelties of this life so plain to be seenbegin to unfurl before our eyesthe principalities and mysteriesthat plague all of mankindbonded together forevermy friends make me strongif you fall i'll pick you up againstand up tall and know that you've got friendsSwallow the PillYou lied to me and everything that i am standing forpull up the wool over their eyesyou may fool them but you can't fool me not for one secondi see through your hidden agendaand you will reap what you sowyou never saw it comingwoooo i see you woooo and what you're doingthis time i'm ready for all your pathetic liesand something's gotta break insidewe stand upon the threshold of your lies and promisesa testimony to your weak and feeble mindednessdestroy the walls and pedestals that you've placed yourself onseparation will never get you very faryou think that you're so high and mighty but great heights hurt most when you fallthis pill a bitter one to takeyour life and promises you've made Never Looking BackGive an inch and they'll take a footgive a foot they'll want three more before you knowyou're running out of room to givethey'll take it all they'll take it alltossed off to the side forgotten but not lost walk the streets cause misery loves companycome in from the cold left out and all alonebut that won't stop us nowi am standing firm now never losing groundhow could you ever expect to make me movekeep my eyes on the prize i'm holding what is mineand i'm never looking backi'll stand my ground

Innocencethis anthem for lonely and dying broken spirits in hidingwho face no tommorrow cause tommorrows been takenfor those who've been hated torn in twoafflicted bruised discriminated againstthere's hope at the end of the roadif you open your eyes cause you aren't alonecause we are many and our songs fill the skiesmake your hearts bleedwe stand together now hear our voices loudas we sing them to youlet our cries fill your ears of childhoods been strippedinnocence has been cut shortby those who thought less and acted beforebut noone will ever knowthis anthem for lonely and dying broken spirits in hidingwho face no tommorrow cause tommorrows been takenfrom them from them

Letters to IgnoranceDear ignorance i'm writing you this letterexpressing how i feel about your influencepeople blindly follow every word you say and how you lead people astrayand it's killing me to watch lives burnin the distance i can see a world that's full of hatea contempt for what they do not understandwill we sit around and watch our friends and lives go down in flamesor will we stand up and not be one morethe candle is burning at both endsthe midnight oil is all but gonewhat will it take to show you that you only hate yourselfcause in the end that's all it comes down to will we stand up and meet the challenge head to headwill we let go and recognize the liesi will stand up and meet the challenge head to headi will let go and recognize the lies that i've been fed