Dawn to Dusk

Blowing dust from pages of the book of the old ways

Tryna fan a fire that's been smoking since they came

Distant songs powdered bones deep

Inside the caves

Sentimental pieces the eye cannot locate

Tryna find some reason in the pain of it all

And time on time marches on

We're walking on broken glass and

Tryna get along with peace and every piece the centre of it all

Wounds as deep as canyons hands worked to the bone

Sacrifices undenied to get us to this point

Hand in hand we stumble on and listen to your songs

And breathe on we breathe with heavy hearts

I lay here awake thinking what you would say

You are always in my heart

Burning strong from the start

Now that you're gone your flame burns on

From dawn through to dark

Am I not my father living with this curse

Am I not my mother a veil over the hurt

You have shown me freedom king within my gates

You have shown me anguish for the things I couldn't change

I will lay down my ego for you

But it's hard sometimes to let it all come loose

We are bound up so tight conditioned from the fight

Generations of wrongs became our truth

High above the mantle high above the shame

King parrot calls the one he loves

To keep her close and safe

Their pride it is their nature

From nature it was raised

The pride inside of all of us

Extinguished by hate

Please help me see your wisdom on my own when I am weak

When there's trouble on every side

When rain clouds fill my mind

When the words become so faded I cannot read

Help me to fly or help me to fall

Must I do it on my own all alone

Days I'm scared for my life

Days I cannot stop my mind

Days I know that I can see but I am blind

And when the rain finally falls and

I have no strength at all and I just wanna

Slip away and find your soul

Give me strength

Lord give me strength