Familiar Territory

Floating on the chords
Far above and away all my pain
The music pulses and swells
Filling the holes in my heart
Finding the places I’m lacking
Allowing me to breathe again
At least for the moment

All this ground is familiar
I’ve tread here once before
While I’ll make it out alive
I despise the return to this place
To this person I once was
I thought I buried her long ago

Was it the reoccurance of a heartache
Was it the lack of love for my instrument
Was it the pain in my shoulder
Or the reappearance of the pain in my chest
I don’t know how I circled back
To this forgotten, cursed place

All this ground is familiar
I’ve tread here once before
While I’ll make it out alive
I despise the return to this place
To this person I once was
I thought I buried her long ago

I’ll bury her again
I won’t be allow her to win
I fought her once before
And I can do it again
Now where is my strength?

I’m searching the weeds, the grass, the yard
I’m listening to the rise and fall
The crescendo, the pizzacato and the accents
Somewhere in there is my strength
Somewhere in the music I can find it again
The courage I once had to overcome this

All this ground is familiar
I’ve tread here once before
While I’ll make it out alive
I despise the return to this place
To this person I once was
I thought I buried her long ago