It's Always Been There

Deep inside the belly of each man who's ever been

Set upon the mind of every child

There's a hunger for some better way like dogs upon the scent

An inside lurking longing for what's right

It's always been there

Like your breathe in the cold

Pouring out some deep soul then up and vanishing

It's always been there

Like the stars in the night

When you can't help but lift your eyes clutching for some understanding

Written on the hearts of men but swallowed up by thirst

For all the things that rust and moth devour

You see pleasure is a snakely thing its prize an empty skin

Yet we chase it through the grass with our hands out

But it's always been there

Like a nighttime baby crying

In the way a mother stirs her weary bones

It's always been there

In the soreness of old bodies

When they find a way to smile as they think about what's gone

It's always been there

Even in the battlefields

When young men fall and for the first time feel all alone

It's always been there

In the shattered-hearted lovers

When their dreams slip through the floorboards of their homes

It's always been there

Hope

And the next note in this gospel melody is a man

He's always been there

Hope

Oh take firm hold of the one who came to live the life you can't

He's always been there

Even when you can't seem to see it

Shrouded in the weavings of each tragic thread

He's always been there

If you give yourself believing

Then this hope will be fulfilled at the end of every end