Break Away

There is sadness in every heart,
A loneliness in every soul,
Shambles where joy should have been,
Once life has taken its toll.

So many people just come and go,
Such few hearts ever come to stay,
Empty shells that smile at us,
And then they're on their way.

Where will you find one among these,
Who will you find above the mud?
Stuck in their own shallow reality,
With the same tears, the same blood.

Ah, we're on the same page again,
Have no fear, again we go,
Find another character to play,
Find another in our little freakshow.

Rolling down memory lane,
Roll by the brothers, smile at the smiles,
All the soft eyes and pretty voices,
Just keep rolling, put on the miles.

Sometimes rolling by candles on the way,
Flames that once lit up the darkening moon,
A few people that could light up your day,
Disappeared, like the stars at noon.

Maybe they'll twinkle yet again,
Perhaps they won't, who is to say,
Life so very long, yet so short,
A game of chance, that we all play.

Can you tell you, who will be there,
Standing by you, days after now,
Who can ever say what will be,
We can only wonder how.

To have those that make you twinkle,
Is a gift of chance to you,
Break away from the skies of gloom,
Take the chance, to live anew.

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Originally written : Nov 2005