Down But Not Yet Out

I was feeling the strain of twenty years I was saying well this is all there is I was seeing my blood it dripped like tears I was counting the cost of all my fears So you wanted to be like me to be seen So you wanted to rise from your darkest dream So you wanted to be the things that I've been Well let me tell you something It's not what it seems Let me give you advice Come on now hang on to your dreams I was down but not yet out you see I was riding the road to victory I was sailing the stars of secrecy And I was wearing the mask of honesty Don't you know you can stop and start it again If you thought about time then it would be your friend Don't you know that the sword is the same as the pen And in your world of trouble Where nothing goes right I can give you advice If you won't think once Then baby think twice So you see where I stand and where I fall So you see what I've got and that's for all Can you see this big man ain't so tall? You have to keep your feet down on the floor Do you still want to be like me to be seen? Do you still want want to rise from your darkest dream? Do you still want to be the things that I've been? And let me tell you something It's not what it seems Let me give you advice Come on now hang onto your dreams Hang onto your dreams Hang onto your dreams