A Blinding Light

I cannot see

Even though it's there in front of me

Like a beggar cold and crawling on my knees

Searching for something so close yet still out of my reach

Is this all I'm destined to be

I've been living in the shadow for far too long

The senses burn at the caress, like it doesn't belong

It's one thing to dwell in silence, or to feel nothing at all

Then you cannot hear the rush

or feel the pain at the end of the fall

I fought to lift the veil and move beyond the door

Just when I thought there was maybe something more

A hope that I could at last restore my sight

The cloak is gone, my freedom won, but I found a blinding light

I can feel the light burn as the night was cold

And I struggle the same, as the life I lived before

Though the light guided me I still lost my way

And I struggle the same just to find the path back to the day

With every fall I lose the will

Another chain that binds

I can't go on like this

Another road that winds

I should have known that the struggle never really ends

The road is long don't try to see what's beyond the bend

Our wars are won, at the cost of another defeat

You'll have to crawl to get back on your feet

I thought I was stronger than this, that I had more to give

That the light of the day would show me the way to go

Never wanted to turn my back to it all

This is my struggle that I'll have to bear

Before I am too far gone

Till the light burn as the night was cold

And I struggle the same, as the life I lived before

Though the light guided me I still lost my way

And I struggle the same just to find the path back to the day