...THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... (I HOPE...) THERE'S ALWAYS HOPE... 
THE WRITTEN GARDENS...THE WRITTEN GARDENS...THE WRITTEN GARDENS...THE WRITTEN GARDENS
PARTS DEPARTMENT

(stuff that is less complete than other stuff)

  life...

sometimes you win, sometimes you lose
sometimes you even get to choose 
sometimes you don't 
 and just have to play the cards your dealt
(though some ignore them)

sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry
sometimes you even know why
sometimes you don't
and some would rather watch others live
(or do it for them)

I've always tried to make the best
out of any situation or test 
and I've had some 
and this is the most challenged I've ever felt 
however we score them 
 
everything I've hoped for was built on a stack of lies
more fragile than a house of cards in the desert 
been holding it together with blind faith and just believing 
but what do you do 
when you've been lied to 
and you can not avoid 
what is true? 
 
I may have lost everything
may have to start over with nothing but faith 
and that's been badly shaken
but what else to do
when all you felt true
turns out to be lies
right before your eyes

I can laugh, I can cry
I can live, I can die
I can wake, I can sleep
maybe this is way too deep
  all in one breath...

but promises are meant to keep
  for me at least...
I'll still choose live over death

but as I contemplate starting all over again
as close to the bottom of the bottom of this world
as I ever want to get
I may have one regret
I haven't found it yet
and I can not forget
I wish I could forget
  but I can not forget...

...

she ran away from me, just like amy
she wasn't strong enough to overcome her fears
she meant the world to me, just like amy
and with her gone the world just disappears

just like with amy, I'm left feeling numb
even the sound of that feeling is dumb
just like with amy, I just want to cie
but I'll go on living and I still know why

to find someone... just like amy
only strong enough, to last long enough
to overcome all the fears

to find someone, just like gail, just like amy
only strong enough to belong enough
to stay with me through the years

she left me here alone, just like amy
she chose to conform to the human race
she will be just fine, just like amy
for most, fitting in is more important
than the dream they chase

just like with amy, just like with gail
they made a choice to let us fail
just like with amy, just like with gail
one of us ought to be in jail
and the other already is by choice
that's what happens when you stifle
your own heart's voice

I'm gonna find someone, just like amy, just like gail
only strong enough to actualize the dream
I'm gonna find someone, just like amy, just like gail
cuz I don't want to fail - if you know what I mean

...

but what if she changes her mind?
if I move on will it be too late?
I guess it depends on how far I move on
and whether I find someone
for when my search is done
I'll need no other

so pass me by today and risk being replaced
that's the story of a dream that comes alive
someone's bound to share it all with me someday...
and until then I and my dream will
 just...                                         
   have...                       
        to...         
                            survive

survive

survive

I just need to survive

survive

survive

I will survive

I will survive

survive





Goodbye Medley

Ric Candor    ©1998


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