See, you've got to stand tall
If you want to play ball
Or the burden will crush you
Once and for all,

Your life was ignited
In a shower of stars
A blessing upon us
Via Venus and Mars

Bright in the evening
Deepest red in the dawn
You shined like a nova
Your future was foregone

Then you lit into life
And your powers got dimmed
You came on like a comet
But then you got trimmed

They hacked at your wings
They stomped on your feet
You responded to danger
And you beat a retreat

Stuff was acted out on you
It was never your fault
But it made you keep secrets
And lock up your vault

Then you built up defenses
That worked for a child
But now you're grown-up
They cripple your style

The strength of your bones
Your clearness of sight
Got weakened and clouded
But we'll make it right

We'll search in your darkness
Use righteous anger and light
With muscles and brains
We'll take on the fight

And find those black burdens
That got stuffed down the well
We'll unpack the varmints
And damn them to hell

We'll replace them with music
We'll light up the night
With dancing and thinking
Your world will turn bright

You'll hike to the future
Putting down as you go
The hatreds and angers
That just make it so
Hard, to go with the flow.

You'll get knocked about
As you already know
But you'll learn to knock back
As you steadily grow

You'll deal with your problems
Not stuff them away
You'll think them right throughYou'll have something to say

And say it right then
You are off and away
It's your life,
To hell what they say
There's nothing can touch you
You've learned how to play

And take care of yourself
And find your own truths
Be strong in your mind
And bold in your boots.

It’ll be a great life, kid!