Maybe one day
I'll stop swimming against the current
get wit what's current
and stop chasing down the serpent
as if I can really chop off it's head
and bring redemption to the
salvationless
show them what I know of His mercy

maybe one day
I'll stop putting my faith in love
and learn the lessons of trust
if I must - & life seems to be saying so
even when the people I trust
ain't the same as the people that I know
so who I love comes in pieces
poured out over endless pages
waiting for the birds that keep tune
to be let out from these cages

maybe one day
all the shit I think will
add up to all the shit I do
and when it came down to it
no longer did it leave a bad taste in your mouth
the difference between me and you
just barely palpable on the strength of the fact
that it's true
I'm not built like you

maybe one day
who I am, what I am, and everything in between
will come together in one scene
and you'll get a chance to see
everything I been breaking my back
to show you what I mean
and it ain't that I'm mean
I just see the actual atmosphere
beneath the clouded desires of your dreams
only able to be felt cause the passion's fire
is that intense that you are swallowing steam
but my eternity is here to catch you
when under it's weight you begin to lean

maybe one day
you'll see me for who I am
and not what they say I can
simple and plain the this woman
and still love her like you did
the image you made up as me
if ever again I can step away far enough
that your heart would ever let you see
who I am through who you want me to be
and the fact that in the ways that matter most
I always stayed where you could see

just so we could be.