Aurora

Every night I sleep in a lonely hole My head encapsulates thoughts of lead Every night I wait for someone else To remember me and collect my dust-ridden remains Eighty-one years to wake up Tell my children, I'll write to them tonight Hold my hand, I'll no longer lay down Everywhere my thoughts are sprouting life I need to see him The one who'll bring me to the path of light Every day I try to keep away the vultures flying over my head Every day I yell from this hole that you dug last night for me I died for something Could it be that I died for nothing at all? I never hurt anyone Yet you kicked in my door and invited me to a shallow grave If I could have it my way If I had never died I would spread the peace I held inside Eighty-one years to wake up Can you hear me begging for my life? Raise me up, you won't keep me down My presence is living in your mind Hold my hand, I cannot stay in the ground Spitting dirt, standing up, I will change what you know Let me breath, give me air Not here nor there, but underneath Let me breath, let me up Rising from down below Anyone who wants to stand up Must be willing to be laid down Everyone chooses his stone Every man his thorny crown I will stand up, Aurora, I will stand up