Triumph awaits As we face distress we must not lose heart Stand fast and press on, Triumph awaits us Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart, Before we can rebuild them again, A greater foundation We watch our whole lives Reality no longer

These niggas'll change on you I can't keep count of how many times I done watched them change on me Now they hate everything I do I can’t help but win, I’m a winner, nigga, you changed on me All I'm hearing is Jimmy want my shit to flop Dre don't care if

I was only dreaming Of another place and time Where my family's from. I can hear them singing. When the rain had washed away All these scattered dreams

Triumph awaits As we face distress we must not lose heart Stand fast and press on, Triumph awaits us Sometimes we have to watch our whole lives fall apart, Before we can rebuild them again, A greater foundation We watch our whole lives Reality no longer

Let me hear it now We all come in from the cold We come down from the wire An everybody warms themselves To a different fire When sometimes we get burned You'd think sometime we'd learn

You've changed for the better Stealing hearts was your pastime I saw girls falling hook line You stole kisses and threw them aside Hits and misses your love-side Making waves was your hobby And I asked you to hold me And I knew it You do it in front of

If all it is is eight letters When I close my eyes Why is it so hard to say? Why am I in my own way? Why do I pull you close I've said those words before but it was a lie And you deserve to hear them a thousand times And then ask you for space You know

If all it is is eight letters When I close my eyes Why is it so hard to say? Why am I in my own way? Why do I pull you close I've said those words before but it was a lie And you deserve to hear them a thousand times And then ask you for space You know

They burn, they bleed Till the savior will break through In between the realms they're gathered And from the edge of time Now break through I hear them calling There's no release The infernal lord has won And forevermore

I hear them all the time I hear you all the time Grandma's singing in the bedroom It's a near forgotten lullaby She used to sing when I wasn't well Father's outside chopping firewood Like he did when he'd been drinking Or when he and mom were at it again