Traveled This World

Traveled this world Walked its roads Seen the best and worst of men Seen them at rock bottom Seen them high on top I've seen the white crosses Littering the land Flowers draped across I've watched the sun rise From the fiery sands I've seen it sink behind blueblack hills I've had the wind beat against my back I've had it strip tears from my face I've heard it whistle in the dark Where even my shadow had left me I've looked into eyes hungry and cold Eyes with pain, eyes of hate And those eyes looked right back into mine I've looked forward And I've looked back might as well have looked in a mirror I felt the touch of a woman felt her hand on my face I've felt her rip me apart I've felt cold seep into my bones Felt as it crawled into my brain I've strode where bigger men feared Held frozen by awe I've been paralyzed by fear Been warmed by love And watched it seep down my cheeks I've pulled myself out of bottomless pits Only to fall right back in I've looked to the future I once courted hope I've dreamed bigger then the world could contain Dreamed my life right up to the end I've woken up in the dark To find out I was still alone I've wanted to live my dreams And dream my life Watched what I hold dear Pour through my fingers Filled an ocean full of tears I've betrayed the true Shamed myself Only to do it again Worn my heart on the outside I've had it been inside out I've had my innocence stolen from my youth Hung out on a wire Begged for things undeserved Deserved things never given I've been kicked when im down And done my fair share of kicking I have scorned the words of great men Only to be humbled by the voice of a child I have cursed the God in heaven And I have fallen to my knees in desperation I have felt the hand of death brush by so close That the hairs on my neck withered and died I have seen the waters kiss the land And the land pierce the heavens I've lived a third of my life And wonder if it's not all