I Survived

I'll count the things that matter As I gaze across an empty sky Writing names and lists in letters Upon the papers in my hand And I was lost and I was scared Completely unprepared For the war I'd just been through And I would shade the light from on my eyes Bowed my head until I'd realised That I'd survived I'd survived Watch the hands move slowly Over numbers and blank faces As the shadows slide across my walls See my one time friend and enemy Smile in his defeat I'll watch him fall And I was dead and I was gone With no strength to carry on As I sipped another sip away Then I raised my hands up to the skies And I closed my eyes and realised I survived I survived I survived Simple sinner Simple man Keep it and hold it white you can, you can.