The Choice

A choice to make sits on our shoulders
It's the only one we've come to know
An introspective form of color
Determines whether we will grow

So we choose until we burn out
We scream out
There's nothing this world can throw at me
That'll pull me into hiding
That'll keep me from rising
I'm the only one to whom I answer

With every breath it's drawing closer
To paint the future we will see
And though the air is thin
We'll find the will to breathe again
There's no rest for the ones in need

So we choose until we burn out
We scream out
There's nothing this world can throw at me
That'll pull me into hiding
That'll keep me from rising
I'm the only one to whom I answer

They can act as if they know
Who we're supposed to be
We're reaching for the life
That we know this can surely be

So we choose until we burn out
We scream out
There's nothing this world can throw at me
That'll pull me into hiding
That'll keep me from rising
I'm the only one to whom I answer