Destined to Shine

Lyrics

VERSE 1
Echoes on the empty walls,
Our throne stripped bare.
Your caravan carted it all away
To only God knows where.

Like a homecoming king
Of a school that burned down
A hundred years ago,
I stand in the ashes of memories
A ghost, ethereal
Where’d we go?

CHORUS
I choose to feel.
I choose to remember
I choose to cry.
Watching our embers die.

VERSE 2
We built this place with our own four hands,
Now strangers plant their flag.
You can’t tell me they’ll love it the way that we do,
The way that we had.

For one last time I embrace every space
My face laced with acid.
This basic reaction belies the inaction
That burnt all we built into ashes.

CHORUS
I choose to feel / I choose to remember
I choose to cry / Watching our embers die.
I choose to grieve / To feel us run dry
I choose to leave / Everything behind

BRIDGE
Hollow memories scream from the walls
As I sit on the floor here in silence.
Nowhere to hide from the hurt that I’ve caused
I rely on myself now for guidance.

All that remains is the dirt in the grains
Of the wood on the floor where you left it.
Silhouettes taunting my grief and your pain
As the heart of our life is arrested.

CHORUS
I choose to feel / I choose to remember
I choose to cry / Watching our embers die.
I choose to grieve / To feel us run dry
I choose to leave / Everything behind

BRIDGE OUTRO
Hollow memories scream from the walls
As I sit on the floor here in silence.
Nowhere to hide from the hurt that I’ve caused
I rely on myself now for guidance.

All that remains is the dirt in the grains
Of the wood on the floor where you left it.
Silhouettes taunting my grief and your pain
As the heart of our life is arrested.