dandelions and pearls

they call you a creep
before you can speak
just get up and leave

no, you don't deserve
to be given the cure
you're already labeled and weak

and everything that you can create
could be dandelions and pearls
just open your eyes
see the good that won't hide
it's right there inside

you say you're a mess
and yet you confess
you're saved by God's love
He'll never leave like one of your dreams
He's the elixir that drowns your disease

they say you're unlovable
but what do they know?
you are what you believe
you're actions define you
you have so much to live for
can't I make you see?

and everything that you can create
could be dandelions and pearls
just open your eyes
see the good that won't hide
it's right there inside

please, know you are loved
it may not be
the love you desire
but it's a small flame
to fuel the fire

someday you will find
you deserve to be loved
no longer alone
in this place you call hell
soon all will be well

and everything that you can create
could be dandelions and pearls
just open your eyes
see the good that won't hide
it's right there inside

just open your eyes
see the good that won't hide
it's right there inside

and everything could be
dandelions and pearls
dandelions and pearls

lift those sweet eyes

lift those sad eyes, brother
pouring rain and shattered days
a broken heart, a shaken world
slowly the clouds are closing in
there will be a light

accusations and lacking explanations
not allowed to dance
the best take the fall
giving everything to lose it all
lift those sad eyes, brother
soon you will see the light

abusive and abravise
a scheming sucubus
it's time for damage control
civility has passed hands
moving on, growing blue
lift those sad eyes, brother
it's time to find a light

the rain has stopped
the clouds have cleared
but some wounds never heal

lift those sad eyes, brother
look ahead and carry on
in your darkness there is a light
a hope worth all that's left

lift those sweet eyes, brother
no more sadness should they bear
you have found a light

lift thsoe sweet eyes, brother
no more sadness do they bear

answer me this, question me that

is it a universe without a god?
or am i on the side of wrong?
evolution or creationism?
intelligent design just sighs

am i lacking in my life?
or am i thinking too hard?
can i be complete with only myself and love?
or must i be loved in return to be fulfilled?

can i carry myself across this bridge?
or do i need a little push?
am i ready for this challenge?
or will i fail to see it through?

i believe in loving simply to love
why can't more people love instead of hate?
apathy is the black plague of my generation
how do we make it end?
if all the world just sang instead of complained
we'd be too happy to see any rain or stains

i'm straddling this line
between certainty and doubt
is there an answer to this ridldle?
maybe i'm looking in all the wrong places
perhaps i should try up instead of ahead
but moving forward, going with the flow
is the simplest way i know

walking the streets of this tired town
i see everything that needs to be changed
but people resist and stay in one place
how do you open their eyes
and show them all the beauty within?

i believe in loving simply to love
why can't more people love instead of hate?
apathy is the black plague of my generation
how do we make it end?
if all the world just sang instead of complained
we'd be too happy to see any rain or stains

so much love to give
yet so few willing to receive
don't they know it's never too late,
never too late to apologize?
a brand new start is just a step away
wake up and show the world who you are:
a lover, not a fighter
with this, and this alone
will the world be healed

when we all learn to love
only then will war end and peace begin
and judgment give way to acceptance
i was always taught to love
love my neighbor as myself
when did the world turn aside?

can i carry myself across this bridge?
or do i need a little push?
am i ready for this challenge?
or will i fail to see it through?

hoping there's hope to be found
within these walls of indifference
hoping to see the light restored
to brighten the blackness that consumes

this black plague-tunnel vision that we've embraced
no more ring-around-the-rosy
all our pockets are full of posies
covering the scent of this death trap of apathy

i believe in loving simply to love
why can't more people love instead of hate?
apathy is the black plague of my generation
how do we make it end?
if all the world just sang instead of complained
we'd be too happy to see any rain or stains