[Verse] Stare at the lights, monitor in my ear, we comin' alive Early festival sets, a quarter to nine Thousand people and they all aligned Stage manager told us it's time (And we told 'em we ready) Security like they on alert Stagehands doin' all of the work It all stops with the pull of the Curtains, what I do at the begin of my shows As I open my eyes, hope I'm overwhelmed with fear Hope I feel it rush through me with the people all near But they not for me and the years I took 'em for granted It was so easy to see how somethin' cold could be branded People fake things beautiful in honoring pain Somewhere along I let somethin' as dull as numb gain There's no shinin' at all, so it's more dim than livid It's more than a show, don't know where, I had missed it Some people grow cold as they stay around It can belie how we started and strike us down That's imagine this organ with holes How could one play the song that was told from those souls While the beacons glow so still strong and aware How could someone else dare to ignore the despair And focus, not care not to focus there mind I learned through despair, first you grow through the fear So I hope I'm alive as I peer past [Bridge] Curtains openin', curtains openin' Center stage while I'm th-thousan' people yellin' But I feel it, feel not for me, austere Guess it was revelin', guess it was revelin' Someone in front of them told me My whole life had never been whole see This is a medicine, this is a medicine Maybe, who knows but now maybe [Chorus] Stare at the lights (stare at the lights) I'm coming alive (I'm coming alive) The curtains open (the curtains open) I'm coming alive [Verse 2] My faith walk up close, we had drew cards See, that's face-to-face but with God, space, a facade And see, my job, it keep the, the, the me and mine Full stomachs, wheels in motion, I move smart (Gotta move smart) And when I fail, they respond, then the tone change Eyes watchin' me from afar I don't respond to what they entertain (Nah) Nah, nah, stayin' in my zone,
