The Shattered Fortress

Freedom (Calls my name)

Serenity (Keeps me sane)

Happiness (It dulls the pain)

Honest (To see my place)

Open (To other ways)

Willingness (To understand)

Justice (But do not judge)

Courtesy (For others' flaws)

Kindness (It's not that hard)

Self-restraint (Of tongue and pen)

Inventory (My daily friend)

Analysis (Let down your guard)

Look in the mirror

What do you see?

The shattered fortress

That once bound me

Fateful as----cent

Through dark---est fires

I've found the path

To take me higher

You're smart enough

For me to trust

Go live your life now

Just keep these steps

In your life

And you'll know how

If you're not sure,

ask yourself:

"Have I done to them

as I would

have them

do to me?"

Look in the mirror

What's that you see?

The shattered fortress

Fly now be free

Fateful as----cent

Through dark---est fires

I've found the path

To take me higher

I once thought it better to be right

But now I have finally seen the light

Sometimes you've got to be wrong

And learn from mistakes

I live with serenity now

Not self-righteous hate

(Help me be a channel of Thy peace.)

(That where there is hatred, I may bring love.)

(That where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness.)

(That where there is discord, I may bring harmony.)

(That where there is error, I may bring truth.)

(That where there is doubt, I may bring faith.)

Now that you can see all you have done

(That where there is despair, I may bring hope.)

(That where there is shadow, I may bring light.)

It's time to take that step into the kingdom

(That where there is sadness, I may bring joy.)

All your sins will help to make your strong

(That I may seek rather to comfort, than to be comforted.)

(That I may seek to understand, rather than to be understood.)

And help you break right through the prison wall

(That I may seek to love, rather than to be loved.)

(For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.)

(It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.)

Keep all of me

The desires that once burned me deep inside

Help me live today

And help to give me grace

To carry out your way

I am ready

Help me be all I can be

I am ready

Help guide me and keep me free

I am responsible

When anyone, anywhere

Reaches out for help

I want my hand to be there

I am responsible

When anyone, anywhere

Reaches out for help

I want my hand to be there

Whooa-oh-oh

Whooa-whooa