Staying Strong [Alternative Rock]

beautiful scars and smiles melting away in the wind

the pace of time too fast to fade away with the tears of shame

everyone suffers and everyone is cured

suicidal thoughts and depressive things are done

now watch me love as the tears fall down

down with shame but painfully vain

another scar to pierce the wounds, inside and out

never breaking free my emotions of shame

this was never who I was meant to be

now and again I took the route of thought so dangerously

a flame to the skin, another burn marking a sin

every memory brings such pain in my heart

these lyrics help me through my life and maybe I can live again

every time I'm down, I'll rise again

another song to mark the struggles of life with another victory for me

these scars on me won't fade away but they'll stay with me

they remind me of the path I chose to walk along

my life in line so desperately awaiting strength, a hope for cause from Above

for now I'm stuck with this crying shame,

the lyrics hide my pain they're locked away in time

to keep my feet on solid ground and keep from going far

I stay within the lines of time and what's real in life

who I am and what I do will never go away from me

what I do can't change the me that's real and true

with every cut and every burn I mark my strength within the skin

and in the years to come when I am strong again

with no pain inside of me, I'll look at these and I can see

when I need strength to carry on, I've done it once,

who says I won't do it again

if I did it once, I'll do it again, if I can try, then you can do

do as I and overcome your life, it is a test of strength for you

watch these scars fade away but never stay within the frame

of time that you were hurt the most

the scars will never fully fade from the surface though you can see

you were so strong at a point in time, bring the strength back again

they serve as a watchful light to make you stay in line with time

experienced in harmful ways, destructive choices lead the way

every cut has damaged me, every choice I ever made

before I wrote these thoughts right down

but now it's done and I'm all fine because of this

staying strong all through life and never leaving what's true to me

my thoughts stand strong and respectively, reject my past

reminders of the pain of love, but reminders of the strength of life

my will to live will carry me, these songs still help me every day