WOODS OF YPRES - THE WILL TO GIVE lyrics

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I had built up all of my hopes and all of my plans

Only to have them stand and cast shadows of humiliation

Days would pass shadows would remain

A reminder of all of my dreams

I had to live humbled with

The disappointment of what never came to be

I vow from this day forward

My grieving will be brief

That I will continue to give to this world

Knowing I may never receive

I had come so far

Before being stripped and sent back to the start

It felt as though the air was tearing me apart

A hybrid of seasons had come

It swept across the land

It spared the lives of everyone else

While it destroyed everything I had done

The frost came in the night

My progress immortalized

All that I had left undone

Would be forever, frozen in time

I became known for this curse

It happened throughout my life

It needed to continue to occur

In order to keep my legacy alive

Before I know my time had arrived

It was already gone

Cursing the cold winds of change

My moment of peace was just the eye of the storm

The will to live is easy

You can exist without a care

The will to die shows it meant so much

That you couldn't have it - and you couldn't go on living without it

The will to give makes the best of nothing

It is a philosophy

That states you will continue to give to this world

Knowing you may never receive.

Satisfaction will come and in time it will leave us unsatisfied

As uncertainty returns

Bringing back the excitement to our lives

We can only enjoy so much stimulation

Before we stop responding and become despondent again.

I had built up all of my hopes and all of my plans

Only to have them stand and cast shadows of humiliation

Days would pass shadows would remain

A reminder of all of my dreams

I had to live humbled with

The disappointment of what never came to be

Those shadows still remain as landmarks of failed attempts

In their shade I work away at building a tower of character

One day it will be revealed and it will stand for man years

Casting a shadow of its own and striking fear in hearts - as will I

It is the discomfort that sets us apart

That wakes us up, that puts us to sleep

It is our pathetic moments

Which make us desire to be great

It is the starving itself

That makes us hungry to want more

Over time as you learn to fall

You'll rise to your feet faster than the time before

Satisfaction is a peak on the verge of decline

It will be over in the blink of an eye

Take your time to feel every moment

A gradual climb will let you enjoy it

For your life is measured

By the degree of dynamic from your life to your death

The wait is long and the wait goes on

But it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive

Through the crests and troughs

I will have seen both sides

By the Pursuit of the Sun and the Allure of the Earth

I will have earned and spent my life

The will to give

There is no destination

There is only the journey