The Opposing Side of Mind

You stepped off the sidewalk
with that look on your face
and laid out on the roadside
With no forgiveness of grace
That car rolled upon you
And Sure it laid you dead
I wondered what it would take
to get inside of your head

but I know you wont be left behind
Forgiveness comes from the opposing side of mind

You took a fall from the balcony
and you leapt without a thought
You gave your last 20 for the hotel room
Told the desk clerk that you've got
Things to attend to
and so many people to see
But you smiled down to the very bottom
and went so pleasantly

Well, I know you wont be left behind
Salvation comes from the opposing side of mind

Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds asleep
While you sat awake in the corner
Gazing at the choking rope
you strung tighter and tighter
Drunk on whiskey and old age
Without a lover or a friend
The debt will never find you again
As you hung like a flag in the wind

And I know you wont be left behind
Redemption comes from the opposing side of mind

Sometimes its hard to wake up
Without him inside of your bed
He left you like a lamppost
Standing luminously alone
A hearts a tough thing to mend
Especially when its drowning in your tears
So you went to 13 Vicodin
and faded dreaming of the good years

And I know you wont be left behind
Motivation comes from the opposing side of mind

Stop drooling like a slug
With a needle in your arm
You would think sleeping on a cardboard box
Would send you screaming for the norm
But everyone moves so fast
You got lost inside of the mix
You tried to cry, alone as you overdosed
"But it was just another fix.
It was just another fix."

And I know you wont be left behind
Look on the bright-side
At least you still have the power of mind
To make a choice
and have a chance
To wake up, to dream, and to love
and yeah sometimes these things are out of our hands
Just know that tomorrow forever stands
Strong with opportunity
Strong with new wisdom
That freedom does not come through the end of a pistol
So live the life and realize
This is the only chance you get to be alive