Rising from ruins We're standing as one We're carrying on Out from the nights We're bringing the lights Drawn from years of self denying Lost in chaos before the storm Our strength goes on prepared for mortal battle We can saddle our old scores

A thousand times, too many times I've fallen back out of place from a dream The bright sunlight, a rude awakening Like I'm seeing the colors leave the brush for the wall That's when, into I reach into memories I long to relive those times Those younger

My little light out of nowhere girl Where you been all my life? Where you been trying to hide? It's like you come Come from another world Fell right out of the sky And landed right here tonight Do you wanna dance with me? Anywhere you gotta be?

Don't burn out, don't burn out on me It's just another damn part, don't let it get the best of you It's only up from the floor, light everything inside of you Won't you box it up for me? Oh, give me strength, and give me peace Does anyone out there

We were running with the night Playing in the shadows The heart of the city street was beating Light from the neons turned the dark to day We were too hot to think of sleeping We had to get out before the magic got away Just you and I, 'til the morning

I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light He's gotta be sure And it's gotta be soon And he's gotta be larger than life He's

Life to lifeless Humanity cover me With the ashes of remembrance I will learn from this pain To eternity The cycle repeats I'll rebuild me There is no darkness without light to teach us of ourselves Death unfolds itself painfully

Feeling like Phil when I make the play I light the streets where you are I did not come here from nothin' I need a whole lot of money Crossing these hoes out to featherweight Putting your bitches on layaway Niggas they know me from stuntin' All of my

Come on come out come here come here The lone neon lights And the fire that had started to spark I miss it all from the love to the lightning And the lack of it snaps me in two If you were here beside me, Instead of in New York If the curve of you was

Won't you exorcise my mind? Set me free from my jealousy I want to be free as I'll ever be Exorcise my mind Help me exorcise my mind It was a slight on my honor so he deserved it But we are talking about the most brilliant mind this world has ever seen