Hope Is Always There [Post-Hardcore]

stay strong and just believe

these choices you have made can't ever be changed

but the way you live your life will change

phases come and go with age

battle me and we will see

who is stronger than they thought they could be

maybe you're like me, you just can't see

wait until the time has come

you're stronger than you thought you could be

lie in wait for life to bitch about mistakes

that are nothing more than just a way of life to you and me

another path has opened up inside

so take this portal to the path of right and

at last you will be fine and done with this

don't kill yourself at all that's not what's right at all my friend

I didn't mean to take your life at all

never once did I say you should be mean

to yourself within the choice of life you take

this is a choice for you and not for me

but I suggest you take this path right now, saving me the grief

of another life that's lost at sea

because of stupid things you see but never bother to stop and say

maybe you wouldn't be this way if people weren't so mean

so take my hand let's go this way and see what's better for our plan

our plan is that you'll live a life of health and charity

with every choice you make, you see yourself for who you are

never lost a bet with the sea but forever lost a life to thee

you won't be alone for now you have me here to see you through

I'll watch you close as you will rise above it all

as I once did when I was just a seed of agonizing pain

this path will lead you to the shining hall of victory

shine a light above us all below, show us a sign of life

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