STOIC

 

HE’S A MAN WHO LIVES OUT HIS CONVICTIONS, EVERY DAY

FIRM IN HIS POSITION, BY YOUR WORDS HE WILL NOT SWAY

 

THE SUN MAY RISE AND FALL

THE TIDES MAY COME AND GO

BUT DEEP INSIDE HIS MIND

HE’S SURE OF WHAT IS SO

 

THOSE WHO BRIEFLY CROSS HIS PATH – MOST ARE SURE TO SCOFF

KNOWING THAT HIS CHOICE IS RIGHT AND TRUE, HE SHRUGS THEM OFF

 

THE DAYS ROLL INTO NIGHTS

THE TIDES STILL EBB AND FLOW

THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW

WHAT’S DEEP INSIDE HIS SOUL

 

(GUITAR SOLO)

 

AN EMPTY MAN, THE PATH HE WALKS IS ONE HE BRAVES ALONE

THE TIME HAS COME AND GONE AGAIN - HE'S SEARCHING FOR A HOME

 

THE TRUTH HAS TURNED TO LIES

AS FIRE TURNS TO SNOW

WHILE THUNDER FILLS THE SKIES

HE KNOWS WHERE HE MUST GO

 

THE WIND IT SOFTLY BLOWS

IT WHISPERS THROUGH HIS EAR

THE TIME HIS HEART HAS WAITED FOR

IS SWIFTLY DRAWING NEAR

 

-- COPYRIGHT 2004 BOB SZEKELY