STRANGER
Written for Taya, February 2003

Careful breezes
Ease the burning in my blood
A change in seasons
Turns this blizzard to a flood

And every time I try
To bury my doubt alive
Resurfacing
I'm climbing up too high

(Chorus 1)
This is the feeling that shakes me
This is the meaning that makes me whole again

Deconstruction
Shake the structure of this hope
A loss of function
Leave me dangling from my rope

And every time I try
To kiss this pain goodbye
Rebuilt in me
I'm building this too high

Repeat Chorus 1
(Chorus 2)
You are the anger that drives me
My life is the stranger that grinds me down again

Dreaming so dangerously
Teetering perilously
Hold on... hold on...

And every time I dive
You're keeping me alive
Rebuilding me

From the apple of my eye, these seeds I harvest
Planted on a foundation of trust
The fruits of my labour have soured
The father within me devoured
I'm climbing higher by the hour
And over me you still tower

And every time I die
I bury the past alive
Resurfacing
Resurfacing in me...