Mediocre Shakespeare Lyrics - How We Both Wondrously Perish - Being As An Ocean

How did I let this happen? 

Let myself slip back into the role of victim 

Thought I'd left that all "way-back-when" 

While forgetting Grace, I increased my own tragedy 

Fallen back into the "how-could-this-have-happened-to-me's" 

Like some melancholy play 

That no one paid to see 

I'm directing on anyway 

It seems we have this sickness 

A misconception, if you will 

That once we've triumphed over something 

It lays in the dust, eternal, never to breathe again 

But that's not the way this works 

Reflections of what haunt us 

Will take on new forms in the end 

The likes of which we'd not yet seen 

How quickly our hearts fill with dread 

Yeah, it rains on the righteous as well as the wicked 

But some afflictions can feel like death 

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I've fallen back into the "how-could-this-have-happened-to-me's" 

Like some melancholy play 

That no one paid to see 

I'm directing on anyway 

We either fight or flee 

Which one's it gonna be 

Realize it's an old demon in a new disguise 

I hope you stand up tall to face him 

Pray you have the strength to look him in his eyes 

Scream loud in proclamation 

"I've seen your kind before 

G-d, I let the signs fly right on by 

Waited till my spirit was laid low 

But now my eyes are open wide 

This time I see right through your lies 

You've tried to put me in the ground before 

Extinguish my light 

I've got the scars to show for it 

But what was once a reminder of death, is now an affirmation of life 

Because I took the worst you threw at me and, damn it, I survived. 

So get behind me, devil 

I refuse to let myself be bound 

I won't adhere to mental slavery 

Even while your torments abound 

Depart from me!" 

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I swear there's a strength inside you 

A faint whisper calling you to be brave 

And the next time it seems the darkest 

Like you couldn't possibly be saved 

Stripped of all comfort and weak 

I hope you face your adversary 

And find you're stronger than you think