The Best of Me

Above and Beneath

You try to tell me

That you're better than

Everything I've ever done

Everything I've never said

But I don't need you

Knight in Shining Armor

For I am a battle horse

That does not like

To be ride on top of

With my swords in hand

I must whisper magical things

And defend the lands I walk in

When I first came here

Bloodied and bruised

It wasn't because I was hurt

(Though I was)

It was because I fought

For Faith

And Hope

And Truth

And Love

I fought against the scorching heat

I fought against the biting cold

And now I even fight against you

Who tells me I cannot speak

You tell me who I am

But don't you tell me who I am

If you have never met me

No, you haven't met me

Because you haven't heard my stories

No, you don't know the memories I keep

People have put you beneath their feet

And called you dirt

And kicked you, and beat you

Until you hurt so bad

You could not feel the pain

I know exactly how you feel

You are doing the same

To me

You are drowning under water

So you try to pull me down

With you

You try to push me down

Beneath your feet

And keep it so I cannot breathe

So you could swim to the top

But your 100 pound disgraced

Are pulling you down

Beneath me

As I float to the top

Where I can breathe

No, don't you tell me who I am

Since you have never met me

You try to bury me alive

And replace my oxygen with earth

So I could be dead

Beneath your feet

But then you dig a hole

And lay yourself in the casket

And bury yourself

Beneath me

I can dig myself out

Above the hurt

But your 1000 pounds of exhaustion

Keeps you beneath the earth

Beneath my feet

It's just too bad

That by the time

You realize what you've done

It's too late

I should try to save you, enemy

Knight in Shining Armor

But how could I trust that you

Won't try to pull me under

Beneath your feet?

I should try to dig you out

I should try to pull you up

But my 10000 pounds of hatred

Is keeping me from going down

I should help you see the world

I should show you light...

Will you remove your armor

So I can help you win this fight?

Please, shell your armor off

So I can pull you out of this water

Please, let me open this casket

So I can help you breathe

Don't try to tell me it's too late

Don't try to tell me I'm unworthy

Do not tell me who I am

If you have never met me

I cannot pull you up

I cannot save you

Unless you shed

Your 100000 pounds of pride

So that I could lift you

Above the suffering and strife

Please, take my hand

And let me pull you out

Let me pull you up

So you will not be

Beneath my feet

But standing here

Next to me