I'm 23 but feel more like a thousand
Whatever joy I have, depression surrounds it
Every day, watch it fade, everything that I love
Displays the way the earth pervades different from that of above
Living down here, living in fear, living through every year
Giving my words, watch them unheard, in and out of their ears
I have no tribe, I have no clan, I am a stranger in the land
Everything here is foreign to me, guided now only by God's hand
"Aw crap, what's that, you know I don't want that
I don't want to hear about that God stuff again, take it all back"
Too bad, so sad, I don't care anymore
I'm going to speak even if you get bored
I'm going to shriek even if you ignore
I'm going to preach even if you abhor
I'm going to seek a land where we are worth more
More than we can be down here, down here
Full of fallacies to tickle your ears
Logic is nothing compared to a smile
"Let me tell you what you want, stay awhile"
I'm tired now, I don't want to hear that anymore
I want to hear truth, I'm knocking so open the door
I'm praying so pick me back up off the floor
I'm staying, I'm willing, to change to the core
I've lived in the old ways and seen where they lead
I need to flee, I plea to see, the light shining like an ore
If depression is a river, then pick up the oars
If sin is a stumbling block, then stand up and roar
Be more than you ever could be before
Open your eyes, seek the prize,
Eternal life, fight through the strife
Glory in the teachings and grace of the Lord