DAVE SPENT HIS DAYS WORKING AWAY
ON A JOB HE HATED, BUT NEVER DID SAY
A WORD TO ANYONE ABOUT HOW HE FELT
HE JUST WENT THROUGHT THE MOTIONS & STARTED TO MELT

INSIDE WAS A DARKNESS HE COULDN’T EXPLAIN
HE JUST WISHED THESE FEELINGS WOULD GO AWAY
EACH DAY A STRUGGLE, TO KEEP THE BEAST AT BAY
HES GETTING CLOSER TO THE DAY THAT HE ENDS HIS PAIN

HE COMES HOME FROM WORK ONE AFTERNOON
HEADS TO HIS SHED HIS WIFE IS DUE HOME SOON
GATHERS A LADDER & A ROPE TO PRODUCE
A WAY TO HANG HIMSELF FROM A TREE WITH A NOOSE

CLIMBS UP THE LADDER TIES THE ROPE TO THE BRANCH
NOOSE AROUND HIS NECK, STRAIGHTENS HIS STANCE
THIS IS THE MOMENT… HIS TIME TO END IT
WIFES HOME ON THE PHONE, SAYING THAT SHES PREGNANT

LOOSENS THE NOOSE FOLDS THE LADDER ROLLS THE ROPE
CONVERSATION OVER HEARD, HAS GIVEN NEW HOPE
RUNS UP THE STAIRS TO THE HOUSE MAKES A TOAST
THINKS TO HIMSELF THE END WAS NARROWLY CLOSE

A NEW LIFE ON THE WAY CHANGES TRAIN OF THOUGHT
A PURPOSE FOR LIVING LIFE LESSONS TO BE TAUGHT
THESE DAYS HE TALKS OUT PROBLEMS EARS HE BORROWS
NOT LIVING IN SORROW KNOWS THERES ALWAYS TOMORROW

EACH TIME HE SEES HIS CHILD HE KNOWS HE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE
A SMILE ON ITS FACE WHEN IT HEARS HIS VOICE
GETS TO SEE THIS CHILD GROW, LEARN TO WALK
SHOW IT RIGHT FROM WRONG, TEACH TO TALK

HES THANKFULL EVERYDAY IT TURNED OUT THIS WAY
KNOWS WE ALL HAVE A REASON TO LIVE EACH DAY
EVEN WHEN YOU THINK THAT YOUR DOWN & OUT
REACH OUT & KNOW, THERES ALWAYS HELP ABOUT