Stayed Alive from Self Portrait by M Schneider

Traveling along this weary road
The jagged rocks they cut me to the bone
In troubled times it hurts to be alone
And home sometimes just don’t feel like home

I ask myself a million times
Where was God when it went awry
And his life stole into the sky
I’m still waiting for a sign

A dark cloud hovers over me
It blocks the light and I can’t see
The only thing I have that keeps me company
Is the bottle that I use to kill my memory

Things ain’t never gonna be the same
Ever since that day everything has changed
And you yourself are shouldering the blame
Even though we share the loss and the pain

And it hurts — It hurts my heart
This feeling whole — Wish it would start
Its about time to turn around
And start walking back into town

The clouds are breaking — I can see the light
We’ll make it though with all our might
We’ve been in darkness blacker than night
Trembling — Frail and white

Afraid to live — Live our lives
If we could talk just one more time
What would I say to you now
If we could talk — Talk somehow

I’d lie to you — Say I was doing fine
I’d rehearse it all down to the last line
So I wouldn’t let on that since you died
That I fell apart, but I stayed alive

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