I dive head first , with deepest thirst , into a past I've left behind…to seek and find the reasons why so I can try —to help . To reach . To teach . To grab a hold of each and every one who's struggling so, who's feeling woe , who's in the grip of THIS —this deathly kiss —this comfort that is sick and wrong , this depressed song …my friends, this has gone on too long . Bite back . Fight back . Don't be afraid it might come right back. Go ahead . Leave it dead . Move , I said! Become anew . It's hard to do, but worth the pain , and in the end you will be sane . You will be YOU . You will be true . And this is all you have to do: make an effort , stake a goal , and soon enough you will be whole . And most of all, yes… in control . Take back your power , take back your life , and every hour will be rife with every sweet thing you can dream , and possibilities will seem… real . At last . So use the past . And push on through , with all your struggles strapped to you. And when you've gone to hell and back —learned the knack , survived attack — you'll know there's nothing that you lack . And you can take and deftly make your struggles into something new . And share the secret known to you. And one day soon , a different tune will play and stay …and you, with zeal —I swear it's real—will finally feel alive .
© Arielle Lee Becker 2008
I dive head first , with deepest thirst , into a past I've left behind…to seek and find the reasons why so I can try —to help . To reach . To teach . To grab a hold of each and every one who's struggling so, who's feeling woe , who's in the grip of THIS —this deathly kiss —this comfort that is sick and wrong , this depressed song …my friends, this has gone on too long . Bite back . Fight back . Don't be afraid it might come right back. Go ahead . Leave it dead . Move , I said! Become anew . It's hard to do, but worth the pain , and in the end you will be sane . You will be YOU . You will be true . And this is all you have to do: make an effort , stake a goal , and soon enough you will be whole . And most of all, yes… in control . Take back your power , take back your life , and every hour will be rife with every sweet thing you can dream , and possibilities will seem… real . At last . So use the past . And push on through , with all your struggles strapped to you. And when you've gone to hell and back —learned the knack , survived attack — you'll know there's nothing that you lack . And you can take and deftly make your struggles into something new . And share the secret known to you. And one day soon , a different tune will play and stay …and you, with zeal —I swear it's real—will finally feel alive .
© Arielle Lee Becker 2008