The Shattered Fortress

Freedom

Calls my name

Serenity

Keeps me sane

Happiness

It dulls the pain

Honor

To save my fate

Hoping

To run away

Willingness

To understand

Justice

For you not judge

Courtesy

For all to start

Kindness

It's not that hard

Self restraint

The self impaired

Inventory

My daily bread

Analysis

Until you're gone

Look in the mirror

What do you see

The shattered fortress that once built me

Faithful ascent through darkest fires

I've found the path to take me higher

You're smart enough for me to trust

Go live your life now

Just keep these steps in your life

And you'll know how

If you're not sure ask yourself

Have I done to them

As I would have them do to me

Look in the mirror

What's that you see

The shattered fortress fly now be free

Faithful ascent through darkest fires

I've found the path to take me higher

I once thought it better to be right

But now I have finally seen the light

Sometimes you've got to be wrong and learn from mistakes

I live with serenity now not self righteous hate

Help me be a channel of thy peace

That were there is hatred I may bring love

That were there is wrong I may bring the spirit of forgiveness

That were there is discord I may bring harmony

That were there is error I may bring truth

That were there is doubt I may bring faith

Now that you can see all you have done

That were there is despair I may bring hope

That were there is shadow I may bring light

It's time to take that step into the kingdom

That were there is sadness I may bring joy

All your sins will help to make you strong

That I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted

That I may seek to understand rather than to be understood

And help you break right through the prison wall

That I may seek to love rather than to be loved

For it is by self forgetting that one finds

It is by forgiving that one is forgiven

Keep all of me the desires

That once burned me deep inside

Help me live today and help to give me grace

To carry out your ways

I am ready help me be all I can be

I am ready help guide me and keep me brave

I am responsible when anyone anywhere

Reaches out for help I want my hand to be there

I am responsible when anyone anywhere

Reaches out for help I want my hand to be there