Proving Ground Lyrics - The Gathering Field

Here I stand 

On the proving ground 

Mortal man 

Hiding my failures 

And I can 

Leave here without a sound 

But then where would I be? 

Broken again, lonely and free 

Without a friend 

I know I have demons to battle 

So I pray for the strength 

that I haven't yet found 

I'll go where the Diamondbacks rattle 

And wait for the day 

On the hot proving ground 

Lately my faith 

Dwindles like kindling in fire 

Shimmers and shakes 

like a ghost in the wind 

Glimmers and waits for the change to begin 

Lately my faith 

I know.... 

If I hold on 'till the new sun arrives 

If some small part of my true self survives 

Then I might run like a child on the sand 

Never to carry this burden again 

And oh here it comes, the one thing I forgot 

The secret I found is the secret I lost 

But can I believe in the truth I betrayed 

Can I make peace with the choices I made 

Help me hold on 

I know...