Stranger

This music holds such a familiar tune,
But when I looked back I only saw an empty room.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust;
Laid to rest, these memories of us.
Where love once stood, loneliness now stands;
A reminder of what we lost,
And the ending of all our plans.
As the desolate road seems to call my name
A thousand voices only add to the strain,
Beckoning for me to return to my home,
Where so long ago, so many seeds were sewn.
There's so many places I haven't been;
So many reasons not to return again,
And yet I'm so lonely, and feel so out of place;
Searching for reasons now at a slower pace.
This moonlit sky gives off a familiar somber tone,
Reminding me of the reasons I feel so alone.
The million stars within the sky capture my soul, and make me question why
I ever left the gifted life I had known so many years before.
I'm at a crossroad between life and death;
My hearts been torn, and put to the test
Of an unescapable feeling I've never known before.
Wherever I am; whatever I do, I'll once again see these images of you
Cascaded by the images of my yesterdays
That all too quickly began to fade away.
Once the dawn has come I will truly see
The truth of what was always meant to be;
The answers that I've searched for for so long;
The reasons that I try my best to stay strong.
I shall wake with the sun, but for now I sleep,
As I pray to the Lord my soul to keep;
Even in the darkness he's always there;
The guiding light that leads me away from such dark despair.