Take the Next Step

[Verse 1: Casey Crescenzo]
I pace the ground that I've unearthed
Until it's hard as stone
And feeble feet lead endlessly on
At peace with what they couldn't know
And once my pulse starts stirring
I strain to make out what's ahead
My heart is weak but hurried, hurried

[Chorus: Casey Crescenzo]
Now that tunneled light is drawing in
Shadows bleed the brilliance
And my unsteady hands fall victim to
Searching eyes with sight untrue
Tracing back the path I left
Too afraid to take the next step

[Post-Chorus: Casey Crescenzo]
I strain to make out what's ahead

[Verse 2: Casey Crescenzo]
Safe inside the lines that I had carved before
Finding fear in what I didn't know
But as I start to press ahead of where I stand
What little sight I had to fall

[Chorus: Casey Crescenzo]
Now that tunneled light is drawing in
Shadows bleed the brilliance
And my unsteady hands fall victim to
Searching eyes with sight untrue
Tracing back the path I left
Too afraid to take the next step

[Bridge: Casey Crescenzo]
Through what I'm not prepared for
The sights I can't unsee
The hurt there is no cure for
A mischievous misery
That hides right around the corner
Waiting just for me
Betting that I break down
Betting that I'll leave

[Chorus: Casey Crescenzo]
When the tunneled light is drawing in
Shadows bleed the brilliance
And my unsteady hands fall victim to
Searching eyes with sight untrue
Tracing back the path I left
Too afraid to take the next step
To blind and dilating light
Every facet clarified
And attenuating to my view
Signs of life, if only I could keep
Breaking from the path I've kept
Unafraid to take the next step