Warrior

WARRIOR

WRITTEN BY: J.R HILTON

2017

IF I WAS IN A BETTER PLACE

I COULD BEAT THE ODDS

BET I COULD COAX A SMILE

RIGHT FROM THE GODS

I COULD LIVE WORRY FREE

I COULD HAVE THE THINGS I WANTED, THAT I SEE 

I'D BE SOMEONE, EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW

FORTUNE AND RELUCTANT FAME

IF I HAD IT ALL, I COULD PLAY THE GAME

LIGHT UP MY OWN WAY

INSTEAD OF SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS

DROWNING IN RAIN, JUST THE SAME

GAVE UP ON HIDING MY FACE IN SHAME

THIS IS NOT WHO I AM AT ALL

SURE THEY CAN PUT ME DOWN

BUT I WON'T STAY

THE WARRIOR IN ME WANTS TO PLAY

I'VE NEVER GIVEN UP

TO THIS DAY

MY HEART WOULDN'T ALLOW IT

I'LL GET THERE SOMEHOW

IF I HAVE TO CRAWL

BUT IF I CAN, I'LL WALK IN TALL

PASSING PEOPLE

THAT I DON'T KNOW

EACH ONE DEFLECTS MY GLANCE

AS THEY GO

ISN'T THAT INDIGNANT 

HOW CAN THAT BE JUSTIFIED

I STILL DEFY, THE INCLINATIONS

AS THEY RISE LIKE A MIST AT MIDNIGHT

OVERGROUND I'M MAKING TRACKS IN RECORD TIME

BREAKING THROUGH ALL THE SUBLIME

TAKING IT BACK, ONE BY DAY IT'S TIME

MIDNIGHT'S BROKEN WITHOUT THE MOON

DARKNESS ENVELOPES MY ROOM

AS I LIE THERE STILL

MY MIND RACING FROM ONE THING TO THE NEXT

SLEEP JUST WON'T COME

THINKING ABOUT ALL THERE IS TO DO

AND ALL THAT I'VE DONE

LIFT ME FROM THIS MEDIOCRITY

TO A LOFTY PLACE WHERE DREAMS CAN FLY

AS CLOUDS GO DRIFTING BY

HEAVEN SENT ANOTHER DAY

SO I'LL GET ON MY WAY

SURE THEY CAN PUT ME DOWN

BUT I WON'T STAY

THE WARRIOR IN ME WANTS TO PLAY

IN THE SHADOWS OF THE TREES

WAITING RUSTLING IN THE BREEZE

THEN SLIPPING SILENTLY AWAY

ANGELS GUIDE ME THROUGH THE VALE

LIFT ME FROM THIS SILENT HELL

THE WARRIOR IN ME, WANTS TO PLAY

BUT I CAN'T STAY