Reasons

heaven defines every reason, the reason i sing
heaven defies every reason, the reason is me
the reason i live is the reason you smile
hope comes now
heaven defines every reason, the reason i sing
hope comes after
heaven defies every reason, the reason is me
hope comes now
the reason i live is the reason you smile
life that is bigger than the scope of the chapters
hope comes now
heaven defines every reason, the reason i sing
hope comes after
heaven defies every reason, the reason is me
hope comes now
the reason i live is the reason you smile
toss everything i thought into the fire
you never know worth until you lose it
lost in the fields of desire
i wouldn't recognize it if i used it
you traded your sorrow for dancing
silenced your sickness with praises
you spoke to your own diagnosis
and told that the god that you serve overcame it
you smile where you lie, i stood there lying to myself
when i told you of hope a peace
the role that i play is to cope with your pain
but i broke and your faith only spoke into me
the pride that i hide isn't close to release
the song that i sing is like a stone to the sea
sink. falling to the bottom of the floor
like the heart that i carried when i walked through your door
peace: let it come back to me
i let it go to embrace my ambition
let the sun crash through me
because the darkness displaces my vision
death: but you never feared that
you opened up the word and you made it clear that
this planet isn't home and you just walking along
the conviction is real, it was never near slack
so 'cut me some'
with a blade and compulsion, sabre to supplement
swing to the chest for a segment of flesh
as i sing with a scream by the sting of the gauntlet
'cut me some'
maybe pain and the suffering, vein for the puncturing
strain of your sickness could help me to place in perspective the things i've forgotten
now i know that
hope comes now
heaven defines every reason, the reason i sing
hope comes after
heaven defies every reason, the reason is me
hope comes now
the reason i live is the reason you smile
life that is bigger than the scope of the chapters
hope comes now
heaven defines every reason, the reason i sing
hope comes after
heaven defies every reason, the reason is me
hope comes now
the reason i live is the reason you smile
help me to place in perspective the things i've forgotten
i struggle to muster the hope i profess in attempts to encourage these strangers
the irony settles when tables are turned in their favor like vinyl and fader
i feel like a hypocrite living in sin
when i tell em' that he's bigger and he's greater
than sickness and labor in silence i cry
as i'm living in fear and i hate it
how can i comfort the one nearing death?
a man so afraid with the fear in his breath
assimilated fortress, devil and his horseman
have raided the tiers and the strength he possessed
strain on the chest. i can't show anyone
no, and i can't show you
you live as the fluids infuse
you live with results and the news
you live though your time's running out
and you still live life to the full
dying, but life only starts when it ends
and you smile and you laugh like it's true
god help me, forgive my forget
fill my cassette, new film and eject
fast forward, deliver me from rewind
god help me progress
now push 'play,' the words that i speak aren't fake
but the music of faith
the fuel of your pain and the hope that remained
only gave a nurse strength and the fear was replaced
therefore, to live now is christ
there is nothing but gain
i came to nurse you, but you took care of me
and for that, i'm reminded our hope is the same
hope comes now
heaven defines every reason, the reason i sing
hope comes after
heaven defies every reason, the reason is me
hope comes now
the reason i live is the reason you smile
life that is bigger than the scope of the chapters
hope comes now
heaven defines every reason, the reason i sing
hope comes after
heaven defies every reason, the reason is me
hope comes now
the reason i live is the reason you smile
help me to place in perspective the things i've forgotten