Woods Of Ypres - The Will To Give

I had built up all of my hopes and all of my plans Only to have them stand and cast shadows of humiliation Days would pass shadows would remain A reminder of all of my dreams I had to live humbled with The disappointment of what never came to be I vow from this day forward My grieving will be brief That I will continue to give to this world Knowing I may never receive I had come so far Before being stripped and sent back to the start It felt as though the air was tearing me apart A hybrid of seasons had come It swept across the land It spared the lives of everyone else While it destroyed everything I had done The frost came in the night My progress immortalized All that I had left undone Would be forever, frozen in time I became known for this curse It happened throughout my life It needed to continue to occur In order to keep my legacy alive Before I knew my time had arrived It was already gone Cursing the cold winds of change My moment of peace was just the eye of the storm The will to live is easy You can exist without a care The will to die shows it meant so much That you couldn't have it - and you couldn't go on living without it The will to give makes the best of nothing It is a philosophy That states you will continue to give to this world Knowing you may never receive. Satisfaction will come and in time it will leave us unsatisfied As uncertainty returns Bringing back the excitement to our lives We can only enjoy so much stimulation Before we stop responding and become despondent again. I had built up all of my hopes and all of my plans Only to have them stand and cast shadows of humiliation Days would pass shadows would remain A reminder of all of my dreams I had to live humbled with The disappointment of what never came to be Those shadows still remain as landmarks of failed attempts In their shade I work away at building a tower of character One day it will be revealed and it will stand for many years Casting a shadow of its own and striking fear in hearts - as will I It is the discomfort that sets us apart That wakes us up, that puts us to sleep It is our pathetic moments Which make us desire to be great It is the starving itself That makes us hungry to want more Over time as you learn to fall You'll rise to your feet faster than the time before Satisfaction is a peak on the verge of decline It will be over in the blink of an eye Take your time to feel every moment A gradual climb will let you enjoy it For your life is measured By the degree of dynamic from your life to your death The wait is long and the wait goes on But it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive Through the crests and troughs I will have seen both sides By the Pursuit of the Sun and the Allure of the Earth I will have earned and spent my life The will to give There is no destination There is only the journey