Better Off

Before I met you,
I was doing just fine

I was out having fun

My decisions were mine

I was having adventures

All my pictures are proof

Who cares if I had

Anxiety through the roof

You promised me purpose

You promised me peace

So I turned from my sin

And I tried to believe

I thought, "Things will be good now"

My motives are pure

Then came the loneliest season

I've had to endure

God, what are you doing?

Why are things getting worse?

I thought following you

Was a blessing, not curse!

The past way was easy

I was better off then!

Why is your way harder

Why don't I have friends?

God said, "You can trust me

I know this is tough

But what I offer you

Is more than enough"

There's eternity waiting

A new life ahead

Are you better off living

Or better off dead?

Live Fearlessly

For Josh, written at Joshua Tree national park

Verse 1:

You should be here, you'd light up the room
You'd be on the dance floor with your crazy moves

We'd talk about our past adventures and you'd make your niece laugh loud

As she's throwing flowers down the aisle, you'd be standing up there proud

When your little sister says, "I do"

Here and now we remember you

Chorus:

We'll never forget: you had the biggest grin

No matter the stakes, you were all in

You were diving in, you were flying high

You were racing past on a motorcycle ride

But you'd always stop to lend a hand

Cause that's the kind of friend we had

A fearless life, an intense love

That's the man we're so proud of

Verse 2:

You'd talk a lot, and knew some things

But what we remember most was the way you lived:

Love intensely, don't hold back

Offer forgiveness when you can

Dream big, and work hard

That's the only way to make it far

Live fearlessly and take some risks

From you, we remember this

Chorus

Bridge:

You know the craziest pl-a-a-a-ans make the best stories

And without some pa-a-a-a-ain, there's no glory (there's no glory)

Love intensely, don't hold back

Offer forgiveness when you can

Live fearlessly and take some risks

From you, we remember this

December 28, 1991 - June 21, 2019

Bulletproof

I need to be alive, to feel
The threat of danger at my heel
To hurtle towards a worthwhile cause
The task's the goal, not the applause

At every summit there will be

A new horizon calling me

I never stop, I must confess

My energy is limitless

I'm bulletproof, I'll have you know

So far I've knocked down every foe

Who couldn't keep a steady pace

I'll die before I'll quit the race!

Then I met you, we were a team

You made me hope, you made me dream

Of joint adventure, races run

Together, we'd have much more fun

We'd conquer all the darkest nights

Then you decided not to fight

For me, and I learned this hard truth:

I've never been that bulletproof