Hope in the Air

There is a man that I know

For seventeen years he never spoke

Guess he had nothing to say

He opened his mouth on Judgment Day

I listened with all of my might

But was scared by the look in his eyes

Like he'd already lost the fight

And there was no hope ever in sight

No hope in the air

No hope in the water

Not even for me

Your last serving daughter

Why fear death? Be scared of living

Our hearts are small and ever thinning

There is no hope ever of winning

Oh, why fear death? Be scared of living

I have seen men provoked

And I have seen lives revoked

And I looked at my life and I choked

And from there, no more ever I have spoke

I can't give up that quick

My life is a candle and a wick

You can't put it out but you can't break it down

In the end, we are waiting to be lit

There's hope in the air

There's hope in the water

But sadly not me

Your last serving daughter

A friend is a friend forever

And a good one will never leave, never

But you've never been south and what rolls off your mouth

You will never understand, ever

You speak minds handed down to you

By the lies handed down by your truth

Your angels that dance at your wail

Will mask your scrambling youth

I forgave you your shortcomings

And ignored your childish behavior

Laid a kiss on your head and before I left said

Stay away from fleeting favor

There's hope in the air

There's hope in the water

But sadly not me

Your last serving daughter

Pick up your rope, Lord, sling it to me

If we are to battle, I must not be weak

And give us your strength, world and your food and your water

Oh, I am your savior, your last serving daughter

There's hope in the air

There's hope in the water

But sadly not me

Your last serving daughter

There's hope in the air

There's hope in the water

But no hope for me

Your last serving daughter