Can't Keep Me Down

You thought you would break me,
You thought you could take me,
You thought that you'd make me,
Give my dreams away
So lets avoid this confusion,
And ignore all the illusions,
While we watch your world go up in flames

Cause I know it's not,
What you were planning
After everything you've done...

I'm still standing

You see, I pick me up!
When you knock me down
You wanted me to run away!
But I'm still around
You tried to give me sorrow!
And hoped I would drown
You can throw me off balance,
But you cannot keep me down

You thought you could change me,
You thought you could shame me,
You even tried to blame me,
To make me forget who I am
But my honor is my constitution,
An iron-clad will of resolution,
I will never fall by your hand

I know this is not,
What you were planning
After everything you've said and done...

I'm still standing

You see, I pick me up!
When you knock me down
You wanted me to run away!
But I'm still around
You tried to give me sorrow!
And hoped I would drown
You can throw me off balance,
But you cannot keep me down

I give love!
You give lies!
I teach acceptance!
You preach deny!
I say we should live and learn!
But you never listen,
And that's why you burn...

It's not! It's not! It's not!
What you were planning!
I've taken everything that you are...

And I'm still standing!

You see, I pick me up!
When you knock me down
You wanted me to run away!
But I'm still around!
You tried to give me sorrow!
And hoped I would drown
You can throw me off balance,
But you can't keep me down!

jlp February 3, 2010