I was at my weakest state   And you kept pushing me on   You gave me something to believe in   And it keeps me standing strong   These lessons that I've learned   These things I'll carry on   And when you're gone I'll honor you   Each day, however long      This glimmer of hope was never enough   To guide me through the darkness like a diamond   In the rough   I held out for and I received   A pain that never left with no reprieve   Like a toast at a table where resentments run free   There can't be any truth where there's no honesty      Like an apple from the tree   you were lock jawed in your ways   A reminder of myself in those long forgotten days   Thought you'd stayed off my path   But I just couldn't see that the blood that's in your veins   Is the same that runs through me      This glimmer of hope was never enough   To guide me through the darkness like a diamond   In the rough   I held out for and I received   A pain that never left with no reprieve   Like a toast at a table where resentments run free   There can't be any truth where there's no honesty      I had it all but lost my faith   And then you lead me to it   Today I'll carry on   I had it all but lost my faith   And now I've renewed it   These things I'll carry on