When Tears Hit the Earth
Giving your best
And giving your all
You try so hard
Before you finally fall
But, despite the fall
You have to get back up
Because you are the one
Who decides its enough
And when you arise
Continue to wear your crown
Don't ever give up
Don't ever stay down
But, what happens
When you can't get on your feet
When you try to stand tall
But, you feel so weak
And when things get harder
So, you stay down there
So, your face gets unclean
And there's dirt in your hair
You can't take it all
And you start to cry
And then there are those days
Where you wish you'd just die
But, you don't really want that
No one hopes for the worse
You keep crying down there
And your tears stain the earth
When things like this happen
There's something you should know
When you've cried enough tears like that
Something later is sure to grow
You may have cried for days
And that's a lot of tears
But, you haven't been keeping track
So, the days feel like years
But, before you grows a "flower"
It's there for you to see
You stop all your crying
To look upon thee
"Why is this right here
How could this be?
Is this flower here growing
All because of me?"
And that flower is gorgeous
It's beauty can really stick
In fact, it's so pretty
It's pretty enough to pick
But, you can't pick this flower
It's not ready, yet
Pick this flower any sooner
And death for it is set
This flower is too special
You can't let it whither away
And, if you don't take care of it
It'll die by the end of the day
It really needs your help to grow
But, you're still down on the ground
And, if you want this flower growing
You gotta stand up now
Hurry up, the flowers' is dying
You've cried enough
You gotta be strong
You gotta be tough
Then, you start thinking
Then, you make up your mind
"I cried and made this
So this flower is mine."
You stand on your feet
You dust off your hair
You clean off your face
So, that you look fair
Congratulations
You've took the fist step
But, you gotta prepare
Cause it's not over, yet
As time passes by
This flower grows tall
But, it's leaning a little
And it's starting to fall
You're taking care of it
And all kinds of soft
But, the flowers' still leaning
And needs more support
You take nights out of your life
And even your days
To nurture this flower
And make sure it stays
As you spend time with it
It gives you things back
It makes you happy and makes you smile
Something you use to lack
You realize something as you smile
Something you now normally do
But, it's not that you're supporting the flower
It's also supporting you
It's giving your life purpose
One way or another
And you start to figure out
That you and this flower need each other
The flower knows it makes you smile
And that's why it'll grow
But, you know the flower will grow bigger
Only if your smile will show
You both give and receive
A gift to you both and from
But, things are going to good
So, the bad times have to come
You knew this would come someday
But, you just didn't know when
You try to fight back, but life is stronger
Life is always sure to win
And, just as you think you're winning
And that you will have the day
Life sends over a mighty wind
And blows your flower away
The battle is now over
And life leaves with it's prize
While stand in defeat
With tears in your eyes
Remember how you use to cry
And how you were always on the ground
Well, the feelings creeping back
Because your flowers' not around
Your legs are starting to wobble
Cause you lost your flower mate
And, your knees hit the ground
Cause you can't hold up your own weight
You're back where you started
Tears and all
You had a pretty good spring in your step
Before you made your big fall
Your purpose is dead
And you don't have jack
So, as you cry, you hope for the BEST
This this flower grows back
But, you lay there and you think
That you no longer want to cry
There has to be a way to grow flowers
Once they go and die
The answer to your solution:
Is to get off the ground and try
Life is gonna be hard to fight
So, take the hits as they go by
And, when it hits you so hard
That it makes you wanna cry
Don't use it as an excuse
To fall down and lie
Get back on your feet
And remember good times
And, if you can't recall them
Then, look DEEP in your mind
So, you take the advice
Cleaning yourself, 'till you're mint
Remembering the good times
You and your flower had spent
"I was happy back then supporting that flower
And things were really fun
So, instead of laying down and crying
I'm going to grow the same one
But, this one won't be from tears
It will be grown from hope
Hard work and lots of patience
And, I'll try not to be a dope
I failed to protect it last time
And I really let it down
But, I can't go on growing that flower
If I sit here and frown"
And off you go
Doing your best
Trying to grow that flower
And making a mess
When things seemed grim
You gave it your all
Just try to get up
After you take a fall
It's YOU who decides
To get up after you fall down
Just know you can't go growing flowers
If you lay there on the ground
Japan Underground ™
Paul Peterson ©2011
Giving your best
And giving your all
You try so hard
Before you finally fall
But, despite the fall
You have to get back up
Because you are the one
Who decides its enough
And when you arise
Continue to wear your crown
Don't ever give up
Don't ever stay down
But, what happens
When you can't get on your feet
When you try to stand tall
But, you feel so weak
And when things get harder
So, you stay down there
So, your face gets unclean
And there's dirt in your hair
You can't take it all
And you start to cry
And then there are those days
Where you wish you'd just die
But, you don't really want that
No one hopes for the worse
You keep crying down there
And your tears stain the earth
When things like this happen
There's something you should know
When you've cried enough tears like that
Something later is sure to grow
You may have cried for days
And that's a lot of tears
But, you haven't been keeping track
So, the days feel like years
But, before you grows a "flower"
It's there for you to see
You stop all your crying
To look upon thee
"Why is this right here
How could this be?
Is this flower here growing
All because of me?"
And that flower is gorgeous
It's beauty can really stick
In fact, it's so pretty
It's pretty enough to pick
But, you can't pick this flower
It's not ready, yet
Pick this flower any sooner
And death for it is set
This flower is too special
You can't let it whither away
And, if you don't take care of it
It'll die by the end of the day
It really needs your help to grow
But, you're still down on the ground
And, if you want this flower growing
You gotta stand up now
Hurry up, the flowers' is dying
You've cried enough
You gotta be strong
You gotta be tough
Then, you start thinking
Then, you make up your mind
"I cried and made this
So this flower is mine."
You stand on your feet
You dust off your hair
You clean off your face
So, that you look fair
Congratulations
You've took the fist step
But, you gotta prepare
Cause it's not over, yet
As time passes by
This flower grows tall
But, it's leaning a little
And it's starting to fall
You're taking care of it
And all kinds of soft
But, the flowers' still leaning
And needs more support
You take nights out of your life
And even your days
To nurture this flower
And make sure it stays
As you spend time with it
It gives you things back
It makes you happy and makes you smile
Something you use to lack
You realize something as you smile
Something you now normally do
But, it's not that you're supporting the flower
It's also supporting you
It's giving your life purpose
One way or another
And you start to figure out
That you and this flower need each other
The flower knows it makes you smile
And that's why it'll grow
But, you know the flower will grow bigger
Only if your smile will show
You both give and receive
A gift to you both and from
But, things are going to good
So, the bad times have to come
You knew this would come someday
But, you just didn't know when
You try to fight back, but life is stronger
Life is always sure to win
And, just as you think you're winning
And that you will have the day
Life sends over a mighty wind
And blows your flower away
The battle is now over
And life leaves with it's prize
While stand in defeat
With tears in your eyes
Remember how you use to cry
And how you were always on the ground
Well, the feelings creeping back
Because your flowers' not around
Your legs are starting to wobble
Cause you lost your flower mate
And, your knees hit the ground
Cause you can't hold up your own weight
You're back where you started
Tears and all
You had a pretty good spring in your step
Before you made your big fall
Your purpose is dead
And you don't have jack
So, as you cry, you hope for the BEST
This this flower grows back
But, you lay there and you think
That you no longer want to cry
There has to be a way to grow flowers
Once they go and die
The answer to your solution:
Is to get off the ground and try
Life is gonna be hard to fight
So, take the hits as they go by
And, when it hits you so hard
That it makes you wanna cry
Don't use it as an excuse
To fall down and lie
Get back on your feet
And remember good times
And, if you can't recall them
Then, look DEEP in your mind
So, you take the advice
Cleaning yourself, 'till you're mint
Remembering the good times
You and your flower had spent
"I was happy back then supporting that flower
And things were really fun
So, instead of laying down and crying
I'm going to grow the same one
But, this one won't be from tears
It will be grown from hope
Hard work and lots of patience
And, I'll try not to be a dope
I failed to protect it last time
And I really let it down
But, I can't go on growing that flower
If I sit here and frown"
And off you go
Doing your best
Trying to grow that flower
And making a mess
When things seemed grim
You gave it your all
Just try to get up
After you take a fall
It's YOU who decides
To get up after you fall down
Just know you can't go growing flowers
If you lay there on the ground
Japan Underground ™
Paul Peterson ©2011
Community Member