Better Days

Through the hurricane winds
I was stuck in the rain
Trying to smile through the hurt
While I'm carrying pain

But the storm taught me strength
Every scar got meaning
Now I see better days
Somewhere past the bleeding

I didn't see too much death
Too many tears on the pavement
Too many lost souls
That was fighting to make it

So I pray for more peace
Less names on shirts
More moms see their sons
Come home from work

I want money for the broken
Hope for the hopeless
Gold in our pockets
Instead of pain that we cope with

More dinners at the table
Less candles in the dark
More love inside the homes
Less trauma in our hearts

I didn't see too many candles
Like the night for the fall
And too many mothers lose faith
When that phone call hit

So I pray for less funerals
More birthdays and laughter
More kids growing old
More happy ever afters

Better days on the rise
I can feel it in my veins
Yeah, every tear I ever cry
Turn wisdom from the pain

Less death, more life
Let the peace stay loud
We was lost in the dark
Now we part of the cloud

More money for the struggle
Let it open every door
More love where it's needed
Yeah, let it reach the poor

I've been down, I've been broke
I've been buried in doubt
Now I'm breathing different air
While I'm coming out

I came up from the rubble
Where the silence feel heavy
Where dreams get left bleeding
And the future ain't steady

Had nights I couldn't sleep
Just staring at the ceiling
Trying to make sense of pain
While I lost all that feeling

See too many gone
Before they ever saw the Sun
So I talked to the sky
Every time that I'm running dry

Ask for more time
More peace in the struggle
More light in the tunnel
When life turned to trouble

Now I move with intention
Every step got a reason
Turn the winter in my soul
To a better season

I've been broken, I've been bent
But I never stayed down
Had to learn how to breathe
When they try to make me drown

So I speak what I live
Let it echo through the pain
Trying to build something real
About the losses in the game

If tomorrow ever comes
I just hope that it's kinder
Less death, more life
Let the world be a reminder

Better days on the rise (days on the rise)
I can feel it in my veins (I can feel it in my veins)
Every tear I ever cry (every tear I ever cry)
Turn wisdom from the pain

Less death, more life
Let the peace stay loud (stay loud)
We was lost in the dark
Now we part of the cloud

More money for the struggle
Open every door
More love where it's needed
Let it reach the poor

I've been down, I've been broke
I've been burying out
Now I'm breathing different