What if it’s wrong? Seeing you I’d look over my shoulder but my heart is true What if it’s bad? Knowing you I was weary from my struggle; now I feel brand new Why has my heart stopped? It’s not despair… I see your face, it’s skips a beat and flies through the air I don’t feel guilty. No cross to bear Cuz if it’s sin, I’ll live in it, I don’t much care I’d mold the earth for you I’d burn a bridge or two Just to see you crack a smile My eyes burn of green flame I feel no ounce of shame I’ll be the first to testify at your trial We are a lion’s roar We are an eagle soar— ing through the air and down the aisle When I see you, I swoon We’ll be each other’s boon As we honeymoon, Elysium style This world, it creates no winners So I’ll be a sinner for you Through Heaven and Hell, through storm and thunder We’ll have each other, there’s room for two Who cares if we’re wrong? My fire grows strong I guess we’re in the long haul The call of the devil rings true I Just wanna sin with you I just wanna sin with you You say, “Let’s run. Let’s run away. Don’t look back, we’ll find a path and follow it straight Wild and free, two broken strays Fight through the frey, we’ll stalk some prey, from devil to fey” Let us think of the stakes You’ve made some big mistakes Running away could break my friends’ hearts But they would understand We’ve fought the small and grand Goodbye’s not forever if I depart This is our life to share We could go anywhere Why are we waiting? Come on, let’s start! A new purpose is calling, it’s dawning Quit stalling, No one can tear us a part This world, it don’t get no bigger So let me just run and sin with you You’re my anchor, my soul, my fire Can I inquire Is there room for two? This world, it creates no winners So I’ll be a sinner for you Through Heaven and Hell, through storm and thunder We’ll have each other, there’s room for two Who cares if we’re wrong? My fire grows strong I guess we’re in the long haul The call of the devil rings true I just wanna sin with you I just wanna sin with you

Time always runs dry Time to escape, escape from danger No being too slow Always running, flee from the old Flee from the two We were born cursed And forced to fight, family reversed Goodbye I’m going home But home was nowhere You always lied My life isn’t mine It’s pledged to something That chills my spine My fate is something I refuse And my safety is not something I choose I won’t wait for the past to make me to lose I’ll change the path, and strike the match and light the fuse I am my own I don’t know what’s fair But I’m still living So I don’t much care I used to consume my feelings My soul was a vacuum Yet now it gasps for air Fate reveals new companions In familiar places With aging monsters Sending me their messages Hidden in the books I’ve read My fate is something I refuse And my safety is not something I choose I won’t wait for the past to make me lose I’ll change the path, and strike the match and light the fuse I am my own When does the spark grow to a flame? A flame the burns the books, their words, and the misconceptions that they heed When will my future be reclaimed? Flee the flames or face them head-on as the fire feeds? I am my own Time, it passes by But there’s no fear, let the past die I am not too slow I’ll stand my ground now, I am my own.

Stay calm and persevere There’s a place for you right here You are under my protection From the demons that lurk near There’s so much to learn From the blade to a prayer’s yearn I will not feel abandoned And I won’t let the old scars burn Try to find joy inside the chaos And the mess becomes your zen You can’t solve the world with seance These contradictions are your friend. There’s a faith that won’t be broken That the ones who fall resigned Will see their journeys are not broken And the best is not behind Let the grass grow long Sing a joyous song Don’t dwell on the pain Of the memories far-gone The load to carry is mine And it shrinks one day at a time I’ll be a pillar of safety You can lean on me anytime The past is just a whisper But it’s an ache you often feel But with time, your wounds will blister And all your scars will heal I’ll provide you with belonging A feeling I often sought Can you feel your spirit rising? Your worry is for naught

The winds flow east, ‘cross the sands of gravel Footsteps on the beach, hear the warrior travel She remains unseen, but always present Though no one’s there, her light’s iridescent In love, she’s strong, despite the cost For her spirit won, though her body’s lost. Step by step, the warrior marches forward To destiny’s end and peace as she moves shoreward Blow by blow, a single breath The warrior’s life filled with honor till death The winds flow east as the warrior goes To paradise with troubles no longer Step by step, the warrior smiles She’s made it to destiny’s end, and the coda of her trials.

I don’t wanna go home Instead I’m roaming Through the woods, do some good Weigh the “coulds” and the “shoulds” See life beyond the grave stone Why am I even here? I can feel the tears fall String a bow, let it go Guess I’ll reap what I sew A voice saying, “Stick to what you know, And come home Just come home You don’t belong here Is that not clear?” Does my anxiety show As I overflow? Where to now, tell me how Pray to God, make my vows Do I leave and make my final bow Trekkin down a path Going every which direction My face is a bloodbath A white and red complexion My new party’s got style They’re hearty and wild But I’m only a child And I can’t stare at my reflection My vision narrows, knock my arrows Let em fly into the sky Watch them die, why oh why oh why? (Fuck! Shit!) It’s not like I’m running Got my mom’s express permission Yet the guilt I feel is stunning I can’t break this new condition We move from town to town Do they want me around? Am I lost or am I found As this party’s new addition? My mind encloses as I focus On the magic in my veins, heal their pains Clean the bloodstains I can’t come home I won’t come home I don’t belong there Of this, I swear I’m content to just roam But my freedom’s on loan Hear my plea, let me be I want to stay desperately With my friends as traverse the trees What if I went home? Just for a moment I’ll make my sad armor-clad Say hello to mom and dad And stay firm that my life is my own Look at all that I’ve done I’m the hero coming to do some good String my bow, let it go Feel the energy flow My mind saying, “This is what you know” And I’m home I’m always home I belong here Home is where I’m near

When the lone wolf was a young boy, he went outside into the trees to play A sharp pain and his world began to change At once he felt the passion and the overwhelming shame And with the moon, they became one and the same Once upon every fortnight, the lone wolf has dreams he runs and runs And he's free until the rise of the morning sun But every time he wakes, the relief and adrenaline fades And his naked fear and shame stings like a blade And after the dreams have settled The lone wolf looks up to the moon and he kneels and he prays What can you do when you can't run from your fears? How do you feel when you're forced to hide your tears? Can you tell me how to exist with the monster you conceal? And how do you live when you won't dare to reveal? What's inside? Inside How do you hide what's inside? Inside The lone wolf has a companion, and the two are as close as Abel and Cain But his secret still stays shrouded with disdain The lone wolf longs for freedom, so out the truth would come Yet Cain, he fears contagion and turns to run And from Cain's lips, a silver word like daggers through the skin He says, "Should I be my brother's keeper when he walks with sin?" Then the companion made a choice between the monster and the end So he greeted death as if he were an old friend And after the blood has settled The lone wolf looks up to the moon and he sobs and he prays Where do you go when the entire world wants you gone? How can you see in the light when the dark and the bitter was your home? Can you tell me how to resist when you bite back the freedom to its heels? How do you live when you can't bear to feel? What's inside? Inside How do you see what's inside? Inside The lone wolf gathers in a circle to pray to the one who never heard him The others mourn their losses and share their sorrow and pain He stays solemn and silent, through their hymns of violence, Cuz empathy here is just a one-track train For once the wolf starts howling, his unheard voice sparks ignorance and rage And the demons from within spring from their cage Hark! An Exodus of Biblical proportions And like Adam, he hides from God with shame And after the carnage has settled The lone wolf looks up to the moon and he weeps and he … and I Where do I hide from the moon and her soldiers and their smite? And how do I love when I sever connection with a bite? When can I give in to the shame that I feel through a mirror's eye? And how do I live when the rejection makes me wanna die? From what's inside Inside How do I kill what's inside? Inside Moonlit walks down the damned path of the lonely (of the lonely) No, no direction, no protection from the light that threatens to control me Maybe I should just give in and let it out and howl into the night Cuz I'm the bane of the heartless, and I'll be unloved regardless So why can't I just let the fear burn bright? And just run away Free! The lone wolf is a-wanderin' and receives an invitation to a bonfire And he goes in search of the connection he desires And he's again in a circle, a story ready to reveal And maybe, just maybe, he can unseal What's inside? How do I start to love what's inside? Inside

Four souls walk tonight They bask in the torch light Their fires burn bright Four souls hand in hand Their journey unplanned They just roam the land They will find what they have lost And they won’t mind what it will cost Who cares if our inner wolves bite? And who cares if our own devils’ strike? We’re here regardless of kin Or our parents who sin Or just love us a little too hard For we conquer our rages And break from our cages There’s always one standing guard We’re four broken pieces With wrinkles and creases But, when whole, we cease to be scarred For we found our family in the shrubs And we formed our own little book club