The Choice

A choice to make sits on our shoulders It's the only one we've come to know An introspective form of color Determines whether we will grow So we choose until we burn out We scream out There's nothing this world can throw at me That'll pull me into hiding That'll keep me from rising I'm the only one to whom I answer With every breath it's drawing closer To paint the future we will see And though the air is thin We'll find the will to breathe again There's no rest for the ones in need So we choose until we burn out We scream out There's nothing this world can throw at me That'll pull me into hiding That'll keep me from rising I'm the only one to whom I answer They can act as if they know Who we're supposed to be We're reaching for the life That we know this can surely be So we choose until we burn out We scream out There's nothing this world can throw at me That'll pull me into hiding That'll keep me from rising I'm the only one to whom I answer