Battle On

There are times I thought I’d have to say That my life was all but slipping away When my heart and mind was numb and dead When through my ruptured heart my soul bled. I craved and desired for someone to hold Someone to love, good sights to behold Someone in whom to confide my desires deepest A buddy, a friend, who would be my closest. But then it dawned, that life aint fair Nothing comes your way if you don’t dare If you don’t decide and act with certainty You maybe fighting up to eternity. So gird yourself for the battle ahead It’s better to fight and in doing so be dead Than in your dotage have a wistful regret That you wagered never and lost the bet. For life’s a challenge that ought to be dared You find your darkest soul gets bared And you’ve got the guts to stand up and fight And shine brighter than the brightest light. If you’ve dared and lost and dared and won My dear, that’s life and there’s the fun For what’s the use in your darkest despair You don’t fight the monster in its deepest lair? So onward and forward just battle on For the darkest night there’s always morn And glory and greatness will be yours my son If you stand up and fight, you fear nothing, no one.