Testify
Morning's hard coffee's coldPretending that the days mean more than getting oldStale headlines other drenched in prideMarching to their drum with fear standing besideBut if I close my eyes and throw back my headI can see his face and I hear the words he saidAnd my memories ache and my senses burnDid he dream too late will we ever learn
I, I want to testifyMy love still lives and breathesAnd my soul is screaming whyThe thoughts won't let me sleepDon't let hearts breakAnd don't let children cryBefore it gets too lateI want to testify
I take what's said as my daily dreadI turn the page and I turn my headI pick I choose on the evening newsCause by cause they fight and one by one they loseMust I live my days in these concrete waysWill the fire break through this smokey hazeAnd I swear tonight I'm gonna find that placeIt's not the love that dies but the understanding ways
I, I want to testifyMy love still lives and breathesAnd my soul is screaming whyThe thoughts won't let me sleepDon't let hearts breakAnd don't let children cryBefore it gets too lateI want to testify
Rip through the wire that screens in my windowThrow open the shade that covers my mindI'm going to touch I've got to believeThe bell tolls for me
I, I want to testifyMy love still lives and breathesAnd my soul is screaming whyThe thoughts won't let me sleepDon't let hearts breakAnd don't let children cryBefore it gets too lateI want to testify