the nail
BETTER OR WORSE IS SUBJECTIVE AT BEST
I CAN BARELY SQUEAK BY IN THIS LIFE IN THIS TEST
AFTER ONE DAY OF TRIUMPH DEFEAT MANIFESTS
I GET LOST AS I WANDER THROUGH MY WILDERNESS

SOME THOUGHTS HAVE BEEN ACCURATE SOME HAVE BEEN LIES
I’M SEARCHING WITHIN MYSELF LOOKING FOR SPIES
A MUTINY WITHIN ME HAS BROUGHT MY DEMISE
THE ENEMY IS ME I NOW REALIZE

I WANT TO DEVELOP AND GROW AND MATURE
I WAKE UP EACH MORNING AND BITE THE SAME LURE
I CHALLENGE MY DOUBTS JUST TO PROVE THAT I’M SURE
I CONTINUE TO LOOK TO MYSELF FOR THE CURE

I AM THE NAIL

NOT A BLESSING 
NOT A CURSE
NOTHING BETTER 
NOTHING WORSE

WHO I’VE BEEN AND WHO I’LL BE
WHAT I’VE DONE WHAT’S NEXT FOR ME
I’M FLOODED WITH ANXIETY
CAN I ACQUIRE SERENITY
NOT MY WILL BE DONE BUT THINE
BECAUSE YOUR WISDOM CONQUERS MINE
I’M WRETCHED PITIFUL NAKED AND BLIND
WHY CAN’T I FOLLOW YOUR DESIGN

lyrics by jesse myers 1996-2009
music by jesse myers 2009
lyrics copyright jesse myers 2009
music copyright after the mourning
lyrics include compiled stanzas salvaged from scrapped songs ranging from 1996 to 2009