Awakening deals with the loss of identity that can occur when life throws us curveballs, leaving us to stumble our way through in survival mode and compromise who we are. Often, we need to step back, almost in self-imposed isolation to recover, realign and reaffirm who we are... thus, igniting our inner flame once again.
lyrics
Traveller in time, for years I’d spent wandering eternity, and dreamt dark visions in the wilderness,
Drowned in despair beneath the depths,
Through streams of thought and consciousness, like mirrors of my own torment,
Frozen alive, consumed by fear,
Spent endless nights and wasted years,
Drowning inside this vale of tears,
Hoping a sign would soon appear,
An inner light becoming clear,
Now is the time, my fate draws near,
Arising from the depths of the unknown,
Somehow I’m breathing once again,
Inside beyond this destiny I hold the power to free my strength within, and I’ll never surrender...
CHORUS:
Time falling away, when nothing remains,
Only the embers of a fire that’s fading,
I’ll find a new way, igniting the flame,
Inside I feel a change, it’s my awakening
Through blackest nights from whence I came,
I journeyed on through desert plains,
To face the storms and endless rains,
Soul sacrificed and scorched by flames,
Fought through this monolith of pain,
To rise reborn from what remains,
No longer shall I wear this crown of shame, the inner beast has been untamed, won’t compromise control again,
Destined to be more than a link within a chain, I’m breaking free, won’t be enslaved,
This life is mine, my world reclaimed,
In shadows once before, now rising forth, A man that’s more than I was then,
No more confined by sands of time, the stars align,
A metamorphosis begins, no longer a prisoner,
(CHORUS)
When nothing remains, I’ll find a new way.
credits
from Full Force,
released September 23, 2022
Music, Lyrics & Arrangement: C. Nicholas
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