Dark Before The Dawn

I'm thinking tonight of my entire life as a whole Oh, and what it might mean if I ever get back in control Alone and forsaken by everyone I've ever known Hell, I even abandoned myself some years ago And I'm hardly holding on In the dark, before the dawn I'm living clean, oh, I'm getting redeemed on this land But it ain't what you think, it's the toil of a much braver man Lately, I weep at the strangest things we understand Oh, like every new line that's defined on the back of my hand And I'm hardly holding on In the dark, before the dawn Don't call it religion when I seek salvation inside Oh, it's just surrendering all of yourself to this life Man, it gets lonely seeing the spite in their eyes Before they walk away, being blinded by any old light And I'm hardly holding on In the dark, before the dawn I'm thinking tonight of my entire life as a whole Oh, and what it might mean if I ever get back in control