From Beginning To The End Iv: Long Way Home Poem by Brandon Frasure

It feels like something's killing me from the inside

And It's getting harder to sleep at night

Knowing that in the end I was too scared to try

Can anyone tell me what I'm supposed to be fighting for

This point in my life

I don't want this to be my legacy, the story of my life

Maybe it's time to give this another try



I feel like going for a drive

Ten thousand miles and all for one endless smile

And maybe I'll feel like I've accomplished something

I want to drive to somewhere far away, far away from here

Far away from the emotion and fear I've buried somewhere

And I can't help but feel like this was all a mistake

Every minute I lie here in this bed tired and awake

With all these words I failed to say bouncing around inside my head

I tell myself there's no reason why I shouldn't try

When I've got my heart and soul caught up in a life

So far away and separated from mine

But I can't help but feel that maybe it's my time

To give life another try



Out here on this endless highway

We're all just looking for the words to say

How many times are we going to let ourselves

Fail asking for the answers to this life we live?

What are we hoping to find in the darkest places

Of that one person's mind? We so desperately tried

And how do we coup with the disappointment of the answers?

The answers we never expected



Tell me, have you ever had that feeling?

That feeling you're just not going to make it home

When you're so far away from everything you've ever known

And you feel nothing but alone, has it ever happened to you?

So maybe the open highway's the life for me

At times there's no place I feel like I should be

And when I'm not moving I don't feel like me

I'm driving for something I think I'll never be able to see

But with my foot on the gas and my hands on the wheel

I know there's got to be a reason out there for me to believe

There's something in this world out there for me



Out here alone

And there's nothing but the open road

In-between me and a place called home

That song's playing on the radio

And I feel myself slowly letting go

How long has it been?

I can't believe I can still remember way back when

Everything was so easy and we could afford to be a little lazy

When every second we took, we took for granted

And later we didn't get reprimanded

Tell me a story, tell me something a little more

Because with those memories aching inside me

I don't feel like I'm living anymore



So light one up, sit back and relax

Because we still have a long way to go until we're home

And here with you I don't feel so alone

I wish this made a little more sense

But how are you supposed to build a life for yourself?

With only a glimpse of what a life should really be

No one said this would ever be easy

But maybe in the end we'll all have something to show

For going the distance, the extra mile

And maybe the best way to go

Is the long way home



And now we only have five miles to go

Can you see the sun just beyond the horizon?

We're almost home and with the sun in our eyes

I can't help but feel there's a new day

Just beyond those orange tinted skies