Odd Thomas - Covet lyrics

"This song is called Covet. It goes down in three parts." [Verse 1: Odd Thomas] I heard early in life you deal with the hand your dealt But it was unconcerned words from people who never felt Or never needed I pleaded so many times to be seated among the wealthy Only to be greeted with a blank look for looking for help You can see it in my face Got me dreaming of leaving this place To obtain a better life for mine And aspire to provide for my wife and I I've never been afraid to use my hands Or get them dirty In fact I work just as hard as any other man If I could get just one wish My hope would be to get one chance To strike it rich and switch my circumstance And advance myself to count myself as one of them You know them The ones who never have to pretend to be Who have money for everything Who never have any enemies Who write checks then check out And never have to worry about anything I wanna live like that Because what they got Is a lot more appealing than what I got They got no care for me So I should take a little bit of what they got Why not? "As we continue on, scene 2 to the story." [Verse 2: Braille] Fast forward past my formative years And it appears I'm stuck here Looking back on wasted years And I got nothing to look forward to Unclear where to steer Where to go or How to get far from here Far away from the shed where I lay my head And often shed my tears Deep down I long for a place to belong Safe and calm It seems I always went the wrong way Now all my dreams are gone No destination left for me, no destiny to manifest Trying to catch bu*terflies But I got a hole in my net I want to escape and run away Because every day I'm forced to fake it If the opportunity showed it's ugly face then I would take it And no one would expect it Guess I never had the heart to tell them I wanted a fresh start, cause I've been barely getting by for a long time It's easier to leave and never have to see them bleed And I might sound like a coward But inside I feel powerless They say the eyes are the windows to your soul If so then my windows are broken gla** Shattered pieces that's Where I hide and keep my secrets at "And now the story makes a hard turn left. Scene 3" [Hook: Odd Thomas, Braille, Courtland Urbano] x2 Before the world began and the fall of man You unfolded the drama of salvation's plan And though we violate We're cursed by the law He sent his son to die And he absorbed it all We covet, we k** Our throats are open graves We lie and we steal but he still saves It's happening now New hearts will burn All creation yearns for the King's return