Downright Ol' Blues

Verse 1
Depression strokes my hair
Can't believe this love affair with you
As we try to pull ourselves down

Disappointments and regrets
We love 'em like they're our pets
But they don't stop to haunt me
In my sleep

Baby, I am tired of being weak

Chorus 1
There ain't a solution
For our imperfections
If we're angles
Then we've got no wings

Our broken storyline
Makes sense when it doesn't rhyme
So, we write a song
And we start to sing

'Bout our downright ol' blues

Verse 2
I'm midway my uphill climb
But the ground seems a comfy sight
That I'm tempted to roll down
And stay there

Maybe, I'm all tired of being weak
I'm not the man with the strong suit that you seek
Just a frightened little boy, afraid to speak
A piece of a puzzle where I don't fit

Bridge
Hey, hey, hey
I'm calling out
Wake, wake, wake
All the kids with broken hearts
Hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey
You're not alone
So, wake, wake, wake
All the people with golden hearts
Hey, hey

Chorus 2/Ending
There is a solution
For our imperfections
If we're sinners
He can make us saints

Our broken storyline
Is a candlelight that shines
So, we write a song
And let the whole world sing

'Bout our downright ol' blues

A Long Way

Verse 1
Are You there?
Are You there?
Cause it feels like
No one's been listening

Hear me out
Hear me out
I don't want to throw away my years

But I know You'll never leave me alone
No, You'll never gonna leave me alone

Chorus
A long way
A long way
The loneliest road
I've ever been

I've got a long way
To find my brightest day
The brightest of days
I've ever been

But I got a long way away from home
On my own
On my own

Verse 2
A sigh in my back
Regrets down ahead
Restless is my soul
Knowing I'll fail again

I'm sorry, Mom
I'm sorry, Dad
I've let you down
Again and again

Bridge
Why did You forsake me, Lord?
Why'd You turn Your back?
Don't let me feel alone

Ending
But I know You'll never leave me alone
No, You'll never gonna leave me alone

Beautifully Cruel

Life can be beautifully cruel. As we grow up, we learn that life throws a lot of different things. Life beats, mocks, spits and kicks the hell out of us. It also offers praise, reward, good times and happiness. Then, it beats us again. More. Harder than the last time. Maybe bad times happen more often than the good. But that's okay, because that's living. That's what happens when we're alive. But then, why do bad things happen to good people? Probably, life. Why do good things happen to bad people? Again. Life.


The irony about life is that we should die from time to time in order to appreciate life and to hold it dearly even more. Moment by moment. Breath by breath. We die every now and then so that we can experience life, even just for a minute of it. Though, it beats and kicks our asses, we're still stronger than whatever bad wave comes our way. Life chisels us so that we can be someone far greater than ourselves. Far more than just ourselves.