Rise Or Fall

Sleeping in my mother’s arms
Inches from a world of harm
Ten years later 5:00 A.M.
Alcoholic hell and then

I heard it call:
Rise or Fall

Living like an effigy
Vultures staring down at me
Went to hell and touched the ground
Then I heard a subtle sound

Do you like the neighborhood?
Do you think it feels good?
Do you want to Rise – or Fall?
Rise!