Ten To Five
(2002)

When all seems lost where can you turn?
When all things seem dark, where can you find the light?
When all the doors are locked, where can you find the key?
The endless pit, clutches at you with claws that won't let go
Despair finds the weakest of our sorrows

I've been wrong, I've tried to be strong
How can I go on without you, Living a hollow existence
It was always you, Saving me, All along.. Wherever life's gone
Troubled times, deafening cries, always asking the same questions
Why is it always someone else for everyone but myself
Dripping tears roll off my cheeks, pools form in my hands
No idea where I am going, only memories of past places visited
I cry for you, I wear my heart on my sleeve, a cliché I hold
Begging on my knees, Hiding my tears, Avoiding my fears

Gasping for breath as I fell into the fear of becoming what was once mine
All this pain, entangles my mind, gripping depression that folds in on itself
How much can I repay for my mistakes, does it really matter?
I'll pay till the end of time, Willingly I accept the truth of it all
Bringing to the table everything I have, My life such a waste without you
All the years I've lost, Fear overcoming my reality
Insecure, breathless at the mention of your name
So much to take, all this time I wait
Sands of time just killing me in different ways

All of life's lessons could not answer this simple dilemma
How could I leave myself behind, trapped in guilt forever mine
Just to realize she saved me from myself in the end
It was 10 to 5 when I became alive


Jer OC © 2002, Metalwood Inc.™ since 1988