Proving Ground

The Gathering Field

Here I stand

On the proving ground

Mortal man

Hiding my failures

And I can

Leave here without a sound

But then where would I be?

Broken again, lonely and free

Without a friend

I know I have demons to battle

So I pray for the strength

that I haven't yet found

I'll go where the Diamondbacks rattle

And wait for the day

On the hot proving ground

Lately my faith

Dwindles like kindling in fire

Shimmers and shakes

like a ghost in the wind

Glimmers and waits for the change to begin

Lately my faith

I know"¦.

If I hold on 'till the new sun arrives

If some small part of my true self survives

Then I might run like a child on the sand

Never to carry this burden again

And oh here it comes, the one thing I forgot

The secret I found is the secret I lost

But can I believe in the truth I betrayed

Can I make peace with the choices I made

Help me hold on

I know"¦