Down But Not Yet Out

I was feeling the strain of 20 years I was saying well this is all there is I was seeing my blood it dripped like tears I was counting the cost of all my fears So you wanted to be like me to be seen So you wanted to rise from your darkest dream So you wanted to be the things that I've been Well let me tell you something It's not what it seems Let me give you advice Hang onto your dreams I was down but not yet out you see I was riding the road to victory I was sailing the stars of secrecy And I was wearing the mask on honesty Don't you know you can stop and start it again If you thought about time then it would be your Friend Don't you know that the sword is the same as the pen And in your world of trouble Where nothin g goes right I can give you advice If you won't think once Then baby think twice So you see where I stand and where I fall So you see what I've got and that's for all So you see this big man ain't so tall You have to keep your feet down on the floor Do you still want to be like me to be seen Do you still want want to rise from your darkest Dream Do you still want to be the things I've been Well let me tell you something It's not what it seems Let me give you advice Hang onto your dreams Hang onto your dreams Hang onto your dream