Falling upon my soul and filling me up
For so long it was masked behind a storm
A time of deadly asphyxiation
Lately, the truth has been heard
Coming through my self-denying shield
Never was my worth totally understood
It was my own thorn-filled field
Lately, I've felt a breeze of clarity
It's my oxygen; my new lease to live
I am to this world a needed rarity
Teaching my own lesson of how to forgive
Lately its been good, its been great
Lately its been what its never been
Lately its been my greatest defeat
Lately its been a time to mend
Oh lately, I've never prayed so much
To keep this feeling, I've been feeling--lately