Break The Shell

I met a prophet dark as the night
She could see into my soul
Said shed been watching
and had some advice
She said shadows make you whole
A life without pain is a wolf in
sheeps clothes
Cause if you listen to
the lessons that it holds
Youll find the gold
Child its time to break the shell
Lifes gonna hurt
but its meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky
from inside yourself
You cannot fly
until you break the shell
I can remember when I was a child
How the grown folks
seemed so crazy
Why are they so angry
why are they so loud
And when I grow up thats never
ever gonna be me
That was the moment that I decide
That I would build a wall
just shy of six feet tall
Too strong to fall
Child its time to break the shell
Lifes gonna hurt
but its meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky
from inside yourself
You cannot fly
until you break the shell
Courage is not being hard
Its time to peel back
all of the layers
You put between
who Youre meant to be
And who You are
And go be who You are
So much disappointment to
finally understand
That there is
no such thing as perfect
Were all simply doing the best
that we can
And we have a choice
to live or truly be alive
This is your life
Child its time to break the shell
Lifes gonna hurt
but its meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky
from inside yourself
You cannot fly untilYou break
the shell
Child its time to break the shell
Lifes gonna hurt
but its meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky
from inside yourself
A bird cannot fly
until it breaks the shell
Do with these words what you will
Its time for us to be for real
Youll be stuck on the ground until
You finally break the shell