Everytime I wake up man I feel like I'm weaker
My chest is beating heavy like the pounding of a speaker
Was my life conducted right? Are my friends and family tight?
There's no way to be sure if I will live on through the night
Everytime I try to stand a force just knocks me down
I try to regain footing but again I'm on the ground
It's like I found salvation man it's stronger than a nation
And I tried to reach that goal but again I'm at a station
I'm scrounging through the garbage and I'm looking for some cash
I wasn't always like this, but life faded in a flash
I invested all I had in the building of my life
Hoping I invested right, for my future wife
But the market crumbled so I'm out here on the street
Stuffing clothes with paper trying to conserve the heat
People think they know me but they never got it right
You never know if they're the ones that's next to lose the fight

The nights are growing colder man the snow fills up the sky
I never felt so lonely as a tear falls from my eye
I need to find some shelter or I'll freeze out in the cold
To think this is so young in life at twenty four years old
The stores push me on out and my friends won't let me in
The snow is getting deeper and my layers are too thin
Frostbite scars my face and I can not feel my hands
When I thought about my life this wasn't in the plans
I'm running out of options so I made it to a church
The doors were all locked tightly so I failed at my search
I prayed to god to help me make it through the freezing night
But I finally collapsed as my heart just lost it's fight
As my body lay there not a soul would search for me
In the greatest scheme of things I guess I'm finally free
My body lay there hours as the snow hid it from sight
The last thought in my head was that I knew I'd lose this fight

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