Reap the Rewards

Have you ever felt so low,
Walking on home, you’re feeling stone.
And nothing ever animates your soul,
All’s so wicked, and then it’s gone…

Have you ever, ever, been so low ?
Feels like nothing, could ever, let you go
This state you’re in, this shape you wear,
This look you’ve got, those things you curse…

Remember the years, now they are past.
As you had everything, you thought it could last.
You didn’t care whether someone else held the strings,
Always ahead of your troubles, you felt like a king !

While times got rough,

as times got hard.

Well you summoned your courage,

you knew what it was.

You’ve learned from living

And it praised your hopes.

Suffer what it takes

but reap the rewards…

Would you ever have felt so low,
As to walk back home, feeling stone ?
Nothing could have taken away your goal,
The message of living lies in your soul.

Have you ever, ever, been that far ?
Feels like nothing would ever break your heart
This state you’re in, the things you hear,
The look you’ve got, tells everything…

Remember the years you call “the past”
As you had everything, can still make it last !
You don’t really care who holds the strings,
Always ahead of time, you’ll feel like a king…

May, 29th 2002.

©2002 Matt Oehler