Rédemption - At Day's End lyrics

In quiet hours, still awake
I listen to each breath you take
And I wonder what you dream about
How far we've come, since we were young
Our preconceptions now undone
So I wonder what you dream about

I'm mine, I might be soaring
Pushing things to greater heights
But like Icarus, the flames are real
And dreams turn into nightmares

I know my wings might falter
Once up in the sky
But, I don't want to fall – I want to fly

I never saw myself as one
Who went outside the lines
Our life's momentum takes us
And in an instant it's behind us

It's sacrilege to take advantage of the blind
But what about uncertainties that work
To cloud our mind?
If our perception causes us to go astray
Who can help us try to find our way?

I never saw myself as one whose life
Was just a race out of control
But in the mirror I see the
Lines grow deeper on my face

It's sacrilege to take advantage of the blind
But what about uncertainties that work
To cloud our mind?
If our perception causes us to go astray
Who can help us try to find our way?
When I look back on all that's happened
When I look back on choices I have made
Should I regret the contours of my path?
The broken cobblestones that I have paved?

We're only given just so many sunny days
We're only given so much time to build a life
Our choices all along the
Way construct a maze and when our time is up
We could be trapped inside
Lost in fantasies and never to return

While we are building
Tearing down or making plans
The days are vanishing
The world won't fail to turn
Choices have consequences
Limiting our future and yet the weight of
Outcomes cannot be discerned
Make them wisely, child

It's hard to look around me
Now at everything I have
And not derive contentment from it all
Dreams made real
And the future unforeseen has played out well
But is contentment the enemy of growth?
Could I have overlooked what
Might have mattered most?

You must have been something else
When you were younger
You must have been something else
When you were free
When all that you had was time and
The world of choices was yours
And you chose me

We spend half our lives repairing bridges
That our selfish actions helped destroy
But, it's still so hard for us to recognize
That a life is such a fragile toy
We spend half our lives making disguises we
Perfect and use them as our tools
Then spend all of our remaining years
Searching for something we cannot fool

At day's end we'll throw out our
Disguises with nothing to defend
At day's end we'll pick up all the
Pieces and learn to live again

When you look back on all that's happened
Would you do it all again?
That's the honest measure of our lives
Knowing then what you know now
Would you choose me once again?
That's the question carrying most
Weight at day's end

I know my wings have faltered
Once up in the sky
But even if you're falling
There's still time to fly
And looking with dispassion at the
Choices I have made
I know it's self-defeating to carry
Regret onto my grave

I know that there's a reason why
My road returns to you and why
Despite the obstacles we both
Had to fight through
We both have had our doubts
But, I think we know it's true
That you remain the best of me
And I the best of you

And all our struggles
And every time we've cried
They're rendered meaningless in our embrace
‘Cause we're still standing
And nothing can prevail
Against a love that's meant to be

At day's end we put down our
Disguises with nothing to defend
At day's end we pick up all the
Pieces and learn to love again