You held for me… the chance of redemption
a pathway back from the dark place I'd been
another chance to smile with each sunrise
forget all the horrors and nightmares I've seen.
You held for me… the promise of virtue
freedom from lies and a truth I could keep
no more excuses as to why I am living…
no more fierce demons that wait till I sleep.
But the pathway back was both longer and darker
and each sunrise I saw was tainted with pain
the truth that you told… you told to control me
so the nightmares and demons returned once again.
So where now do I turn now that faith has betrayed me?
what have I left to greet the sunrise each day?
I look in the mirror but never know who I'm seeing
all that I thought I was… seems lost far away.
