When It Rains It Pours

In the time before time dragged
all the people round me seemed to live in a lag
and my whole offer was a nod or a wag
never thinking I would fly that white flag
and it's then I saw my life begin to sag.

I found heros and I found saints
but none could make my mind feel feint
or stand overwhelmed with a tear of restraint
Found solace never in the lies I did paint
'Til the day I began to re-acquaint

Feels like heaven is a place in my heart
living lightness, I'm a mile apart
from the place I was once and the one of my art
Isn't that why I chose to restart?

Oh one says yes in a hint of sin
the other looks with Cheshire grin
the last one seems to lure me in
But I still know, they'll wear me thin
Isn't that what last time did me in?

An offer stands before my throne
another lie to my face I just won't condone
As the hungry man tosses aside his bone
And yearns for the seeds he once had sown
So should I feel content now here alone.

Feels like heaven is a place in my heart
living lightness, I'm a mile apart
from the place I was once and the one of my art
Isn't that why I chose to restart?

We cause smiles, we cause strain
Indelible memories on a canvas we stain
and none of us can help but feel the rain
when it pours down and lets out the pain
leaving clarity in its wake as away it drains.

This open feeling seems to come down so fast
Like a sigh that builds up and releases, "At last!"
I put my sail up, raise it full scale up the mast
and set out for waters upon which I've cast
a mysterious fate that's mine to pass.

Feels like fate can carry a scythe
that troubles souls and makes them writhe
In my search for peace I do my best to strive
For change that's lasting; for love is rarely lithe.