Woke up in a quiet way, just listening To the world around come alive, oh once again And I know that eternal recurrence Oh, how my mind begins and ends in all of its moments And I wonder if my will is bound to them? Why even try if I will have to know All the bad yet again? So I go down to the river And I implore him down on my knees Just change a thread in my pattern Oh, blessed be, I try and try Just to fall again But if you can't change fate Just change me instead Just change me instead For I feel everything Oh, everything and I am terrified Oh, down by the river I get angry Of all the things I've done to not feel Am I where the eye cannot see? And I'm so frightened by my wickedness And the hate in me! Oh, to survive so many things Just to fall in muck up to my knees And I cry for I'm afraid 'cause I can't make this feeling go away Away Away So I throw my hands up And I yell at my lord Why did you burden me with this feeling for? For I feel everything The good and bad in me And I fear which way my soul is leaning towards But then I hear a quiet whisper still I am because I feel So I throw up my hands once more Maybe this burden is just my very soul And of all my challenges To keep my art alive and never learn to fear myself And life is uncertain But no matter the way I find it I must find faith in myself And I can't prevent the pain But this recurrence states the good in life too Shall always remain And I will know it again someday And then I hear a quiet whisper still I am because I feel