Conviction of the Heart

Where are the dreams that we once had?

This is the time to bring them back.

What were the promises caught

On the tips of our tongues?

Do we forget or forgive?

There's a whole other life waiting to be lived when

One day we're brave enough

To talk with conviction of the heart.

And down your streets I've walked alone,

As if my feet were not my own

Such is the path I chose,

Doors I have opened and closed

I'm so tired of living this life,

Fooling myself, believing we're right when

I've never given love

With any conviction of the heart.

One with the Earth, with the sky

I believe we'll survive

If we only try

How long must we wait to change

This world bound in chains that we live in

To know what it is to forgive,

And to be forgiven?

It's been too many years of talking now.

Isn't it time to stop somehow?

Air that's too angry to breathe

Water our children can't drink

You've heard it hundreds of times

You say you're aware, believe and you care, but

Do you care enough

To talk with conviction of the heart?