[intro] [instrumental] [verse] The song has faded from my heart the color faded from my eyes eloquent words evade my lips the light of joy escapes my mind I've witnessed a murder I've watched the world burn I've been cold and hungry I've cried and not been heard [pre-chorus] If the lies I once held are what propped the world up then the truth is a poison but I can't get enough [chorus] Cold wind cuts you to the bone like waking up in bed alone what am I still waking up here for? what am I still waking up here for? Blinding sun and foolish hope dangled upon a fraying rope What am I still waking up here for? What am I still waking up here for? [instrumental] [verse] I thought I had more time than this but that's been stolen from me too the years of torment, lies, and hate A system bent on our abuse I've broken a family I've broken my bones My daughter got cancer in the front of her throat [pre-chorus] If the lies I once held are what propped the world up then the truth is a poison but I can't get enough [chorus] Cold wind cuts you to the bone like waking up in bed alone what am I still waking up here for? what am I still waking up here for? Blinding sun and foolish hope dangled upon a fraying rope What am I still waking up here for? What am I still waking up here for? [spoken] I've just grown so tired of the way this world operates. The potential for great things has always been there but we are running the whole of the planet on systems that strip the world of its vibrant colors and hurt the bulk of humanity. I am one person. ONE person. I don't have the capacity to change that of the whole human race to realize that we are all one species trying to live together for the brief time we have on the only rock in all of observable reality that can host us...and it makes me long to be born in a different time. Some distant time in the future where we have gotten past these foolish sentiments of personal gain in a world of finite resources. The world where we realize that the happiness and glee we feel when we have such gains pales in comparison to the utter joy we feel as a species when we encircle one another in love, lay down our differences, and embrace the wonderful but limited gift we call life. [chorus] Cold wind cuts you to the bone like waking up in bed alone what am I still waking up here for? what am I still waking up here for? Blinding sun and foolish hope dangled upon a fraying rope What am I still waking up here for? What am I still waking up here for? [outro] I wanna feel ALIIIIIIIIVE I wanna feel ALIIIIIIIIVE I wanna feel ALIIIIIIIIVE so what am I still waking up here for? [end]
