Avalanche

Plant a tree up on the hill
Days go by on the window sill
Then you're standing in its shade
Raise your children tall and proud
Chase away the lightning clouds
Until you finally get old and gray
We all fade away

Plant your flag and make a stand
Build a fence around your land
But by and by the stones will crumble down
Spend your life for what it's worth
One day you'll return to earth
And leave your DNA above the ground
So I guess you'll still be around

Through all the troubles that we go through in our lives
And all the time we're wasting living up our lies
Oh we're only here for a short while
Better take it with a smile
And try to take it all in stride

Fear will hold you in your place
Hide inside, don't show your face
And maybe it'll all just go away
But one day you might ask yourself
Are all your dreams up on a shelf
And all you have to show is this wasted time
No rhythm and no rhyme

Through all the troubles that we go through in our lives
And all the time we're wasting living up our lies
Oh we're only here for a short while
Better take it with a smile
Oh the past is gone forever
Better leave it all behind
And try to take it all in stride

Snow fell on the meadow
Nestled by the lake
In my mind I see you
The Earth began to quake

It's this time of winter
I can feel you're near
And if I scream your name out
Maybe you can hear, maybe you can hear

How could I have known this
Grief gives no respite
And how could I just carry on
Heavy snow came down
I pleaded not to go
Now forever twenty one

I guess times are changing
We could not keep our home
In the dark and silent night
I feel so alone

It's been seven years now
Living day by day
Although I grow older
You still stay the same, you still stay the same

How could I have known this
Grief gives no respite
And how could I just carry on
Heavy snow came down
I pleaded not to go
Now forever twenty one

I was staring out the window of a plane
About a million miles away from where I came
From the sky, the people all just look the same
On the other side of clouds, there ain't no rain

Flying down the road I reach to rub my eyes
Peel the sunroof back so I can see the sky
Castle walls up on a crag go passing by
And it's times like these that keep me asking why
You know it's times like these I realize

It's time to give, it's time to live
Light up the night, bask in the light
Of burning bridges

Well the burden of the world ain't mine alone
And the pigs out on the wing are on the phone
When the seeds of independence have been sown
Then it's time to spike the dam and let it flow
Yes the time has come for letting go

It's time to give, it's time to live
Light up the night, bask in the light
It's time to give, it's time to live
Light up the night, bask in the light
Light up the night, bask in the light
Of burning bridges

I could never see the future in your eyes
I could not make your lies come true
All you ever did is drain my energy
To break my will to free myself from you
And even now you're poisoning my mind
I must leave behind the misery
I'm breathing now I'm on an empty page
I'm giving up the rage to fly free

I could never be the one to sacrifice
Nothing would suffice anyway
I knew that the day of reckoning would come
Would I choose to run or hide away
I'm bleeding now but soon my wounds will heal
The only one to seal my fate is me
Hear me now things will yet unfold
I can stand the cold if I am free

I was so afraid
Dreaming of the future
But I know sometimes it’s true
That even when you’re blue
The time will come to walk away

So hear me now, hear me now

Walking through this forest within my mind
It dissipates before my eyes
Buried under endless pavement and concrete walls
And other symbols of our rise

I stare outside my window the seasons change
I cannot live here anymore
And crowds of people moving from side to side
Like the waves upon the shore

Plastic man will save the day now
Fractured to the core, burned by bloody war
There must be something we can do now
To bring down this charade and ruin this fools parade
The legacy we’re leaving for our children is who we are

Seven decades later it all runs dry
Where are you now my fair son
When all my generation is dead and gone
And you got nowhere left to run

Plastic man will save the day now
Fractured to the core, burned by bloody war
We could never be an island
Tossed around in space, trying to save our face
The legacy we’re leaving for our children is who we are

Plastic man will save the day now
Fractured to the core, burned by bloody war
There must be something we can do now
To quell our avarice, over the abyss
The legacy we’re leaving for our children is who we are