Identity (03/17/2005)

Who am I?
  I don't think I
know anymore.
  Am I white? Native
American? Am I Irish?
What part of the body holds
who I am?
  Is it my hear that
holds my identity?
  Do you know who
I am?
  Who am I?

The End of Time

  Not 'til the end of time will our love die.
   Not 'til the end of time will our love fly.
   Not 'til the end of time will our love cease to grow.
   Not 'til the end of time will I ever let you go.

Why Us?

   You're black and I'm white.
They say "us", together, isn't right.
   They threaten us and scream.
Maybe, one day, they'll run out of steam.
   Your eyes are brown, mine are blue.
They don't see what I see in you.
   All they see is your skin and color.
All I see is your love and valor.
   We stand under a lot of abuse.
Sometimes we wonder, what's the use?

Electric Night

   Electric night. I see dark clouds and hot blue lightning. A moon peeking from behind a tree. You can see the pinpoints of electric activity. Your hair stands on end, because of the electric charge.
   Everything you touch shocks you. Trees catch fire and spreads until the whole night is alive with activity and heat. The electricity spreads through the muscles and into the eyes. They burn bright even when all the rest is washed away. Electric night means intensity. Alive and unchallenged, like the ocean, like the lightning.

Desperation

   Love me, please don't ever leave me
all alone here. I'm sorry for what I've
done to hurt you. I promise I'll love you
forever. Just please don't leave me
here alone.
   I want your touch, your lips pressed
close to mine. And I need your
loving arms, wrapped around me
tight. Please, baby let's never
fight again.

You

   You led me down that broken road. When I didn't think I could make it. You believed in me and showed me who I was inside. You brought me and helped me with the obstacles that stood in my way.
   Thank you for believing when I couldn't see. You helped me overcome the obstacles that stood in our way. You're why I'm here today.
   And when I was down, you picked me back up. When I fell down, you were there to stand me up again. You held me high above the waves of loneliness and now I want to say,
   You're why I'm here today.

Surrender to Evil

   My spirit flies and then
falls deep into the depths of
imminent destruction.
   The evil that surrounds
us comes from deep within
my soul.
   Each soul fills the
space it's trying to
woo.

Courage

Continuing, when I can't fight anymore.
Orders fly over me, I see what I must do.
Understanding crowns my efforts.
Running toward what I fear.
Awesome God, protect your servant.
Glory, I want not. God's good grace, I crave.
Everlasting life awaits me at the finish line.

Endurance

Everlasting light at the end of this fight.
Never quitting, as we move toward the goal.
Discouraged, but never destroyed.
Unable to fly? Through Him, I can do anything.
Running when I no longer can, my hope in the Light.
Enduring trials for the King.

Nobody's Fault

All of our lives were changed that day.
   It was nobody's fault. And nobody knew.
   Someone tried to get him to put it away.
   It was nobody's fault. And nobody knew.
   They say her years numbered sixteen.
   It was nobody's fault. And nobody knew.
   She was Northern California's beauty queen.
   It was nobody's fault. And nobody knew.
   No one quite knows why Riley pulled the gun.
She didn't even get a chance to run.
   It was all his fault, and nobody knew.
   Some say she broke his heart,
some say they couldn't stay apart.
   It was all his fault, and nobody knew.
   Emily never had a chance.
Who knew it was their last dance.
   It was all his fault, and nobody knew.
   Their graves lie side-by-side,
inscriptions that tell a great lie.
   It was nobody's fault. And nobody knew.
   Emily and her Riley forever together,
eternity spent 'neath a bouquet of heather.
Tombstones to stand time and weather.
   It was nobody's fault. And nobody knew.