Alive in the Breeze

Verse 1

My biggest fear isn't dying, or facing the dark alone
It isn't burning in a fire, but the fire inside the bone
I don't need a crystal ball to see the writing on the wall
I know where this road is leading, I can hear the final call

Interlude

Verse 2

I don't wish to wallow, but I'm consumed anyway
Haunted by the wailing man, a ghost I cannot shake
A tortured cry that only heavy ketamine could break
A vision that will never clear, a constant, ringing in my ear
Forced to live in the shadows of a factory of fear

Chorus

I just hope that when it reaches deep inside
I'll be allowed to step off of the ride
To claim my death with dignity, to face it standing tall
Before the fire breaks me, let me answer my own call
Bury me beneath a tree, right there upon the beach
Where the crashing of the ocean is always in reach
Let me find my peace, let me find my release
Alive in the roots, alive in the breeze

Interlude

Verse 3

The scans are still clean today, but tomorrow is unknown
We missed the earliest warnings, the heavy seeds were sown
Too busy tending to another's cancer, fighting for their breath
While my own grew beyond control

Bridge

Now I must stare down the fortress alone
Face the heavy cannons mounted in stone
This is my Fort Wagner, the final wall to climb
Death with dignity is not a coward's crime!
I take back my surrender, I draw the battle line!

Chorus

Outro

My life meant something. My words leave a trace.
Beneath the coastal tree, my resting place.
Salt in the air. Roots in the sand.
I took the ending back into my hand.
Alive in the breeze.

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