Pressure and a Diamond

Born out of love

Watered with pain

Sprinkle on the judgment

Then add a little shame

Dash of the guilt

And a hint of the blame

And a whole lotta passion

Was gas on the flame

I've come so far

From a boy with no brains

Gotta' work so hard

Just to fuckin maintain

What I gained

When I started interacting with my pain

Long road from the valley to the self search lane

Seen a woman at the store

At the checkout last night

Seen the pain pourin from

The tears in her eyes

I could tell when she spoke

That she had to confide

Got a call from a friend

Said my dad just died

If I ever need a reason

When I don't wanna fight

It's the moments like this

That remind me of why

I gotta' wake up

And do my part in life

And I know I ain't shit

But I wanna spread light

So I stand up tall

With the weight that's mine

Ruck sack on my back

Strapped in for the hike

Take the road to the summit

on a cold winter night

I can rest so blessed when the next sun rise

There's still pain in my heart

But I'm fallin' in love

With the world

Of the unknown

And the stars

They are shining

Like diamonds above

So my heart I will follow

Precious is a heart as it

Floats through life

Now I understand the value

Of a blink of an eye

In the throws of aggression we

Just let the words fly

Then hands on the clock

Only tell lost time

So it doesn't really matter

What's mine is yours

Pressure and a diamond

Is a dream and a cause

It's the life I have lived

And the journey on forward

It's the pain of the past

And my love for it all

It's the weight of the world

And a feather intertwined

It's the love for my family

And the shame when we fight

It's the flaws in the man

That I've been sometimes

And the change that I make

Everyday that I try

This is for me

If I ever lose sight

This is for my father

When I look up in the sky

For the woman at the checkout

With the tears in her eyes

And for anybody else

Still pushin' through life

There's still pain in my heart

But I'm fallin' in love

With the world

Of the unknown

And the stars

They are shining

Like diamonds above

So my heart I will follow

There's still pain in my heart

But I'm fallin' in love

With the world

Of the unknown

And the stars

They are shining

Like diamonds above

So my heart I will follow