Up On the Ride

In my heart lies a dancer
And it glorified the rain
From the temple of water
To the reason for my pain
There’s a price to kind us
There’s a bridge I’ve yet to cross
Where the temple of silence
Is the reason we get lost
And find me a partner
That can stand the way I shame
On the past of my frame book
From the laughter to the lake
Oh, I try to be clever
Oh, I try to be good
But I messed up the secret
That I always knew I would
There was there on the carpet
There was freedom in the smile
Of the one I chased after
Oh, it sat there all the while
And I don’t claim to be more
That I ever have been
But that night I was bad nursed
But that night I was afraid
Oh, that night I was madness
Oh, that night I was shame
So, you will change today
The lights you so frequently cover will begin to shine again
The pathways you tread so blindly will start to have purpose, or disappear
The drastic decisiveness that you must learn to inherit will make its first cautious journey
Upwards, into your neglected but patient soul. I would like to be your friend
Life, a gift you so often swander is precious as it has always been
And faith, though hidden, still sits above your head
So pull back the murky curtains, go wash and purge those demons clean
Today is the first day, as they have always been
And today, dear you, you will begin again to love yourself with joy
Oh, stay near my baby
I know I’m not an easy ride
But I’d do everything
To keep you
To keep you by my side
I may not yet have found the one
May spend my whole life tryin’ to run
But I can’t let the good thing die
I’m gonna fight for you tonight
Oh, stay near my baby
I know I’m not an easy ride
But I’d do everything
To keep you
To keep you by my side