intro:
"most of mandkind's misery stems from feeling unloved. in the midst of adverse circumstances, people tend to feel that love has been withdrawn and they have been forsaken. this feeling of abandonment is often worse than the adversity itself. be assured that i never abandon any of my children, not even temporarily. i will never leave you or forsake you. my presence watches over you continually. i have engraved you on the palms of my hands."


verse:
things be getting stranger this day and age;
wishing they would stay the same, but everything gotta change.
gain myself a new mentality, so thoughts rearrange;
pray that this newer reality helps deal with the pain.
try my best to be sane, i have a lot of my brain;
i wanna let people in, but i be strapped with the range.
in case, i need to step back to maintain my composure;
because rejection leaves me feeling weird whenever i'm closer.
and run the risk of getting pushed away, sometimes it just don't make no sense and i be blown away.
how certain people say that they would never part their ways, away from mine;
and now, i know that it was all a lie.
i've learned to toughen up when situations hit the fan;
i can't be actin' like no boy, start actin' like a man.
and so, i choose to hold it in.. i choose to hold it in;
while being consciously aware, if i pretend, i hurt myself in the end.
i'm locked down, my guard up, i'm so tired, i give up;
what started out as a week or two, now has turned to nine months.
my God, my grandmama stuck, my Lord, I know that you see this;
my soul keeps bending underneath the weight of this stormy season.
need a reason to keep holding on;
at times, i really feel my hope is on its last straw.
better yet, tempted to say that all of it is gone;
i know i'm wrong, then i remember though nobody else answers, you're the One i always can call.

chorus:
things be getting stranger this day and age;
wishing they would stay the same, but everything gotta change.
gain myself a new mentality, so thoughts rearrange;
pray that this newer reality helps deal with the pain.
try my best to be sane, i have a lot of my brain;
i wanna let people in, but i be strapped with the range.
in case, i need to step back to maintain my composure;
because rejection leaves me feeling weird whenever i'm closer.
and run the risk of getting pushed away, sometimes it just don't make no sense and i be blown away.