Angels or Devils

The reality of returning back to a place I yearn to leave has hit home again. As much as I can comfort myself that it is but a short walk more, journeying it is proving tougher than I had thought - particularly since many of my friends have left. Dark clouds loom ... It is time to prepare for a storm, for darker days.

With each day we wake up to, with each task we undertake, each decision we have to make, we choose - to be angels or devils; to make the decision that would, in honesty to our conscience, be good, or to make one that would harm others at the expense of our own benefit. Sometimes we aren't even aware that the choice exists. Good and evil, as Lex Luthor in an episode of Smallville so aptly phrases, aren't as clear when we get older (well, we don't need him to reiterate a cliche). At times we do evil for greater good ... if the paradox itself is even plausible.

But I believe we can still make a choice - despite the contradictions, ambiguity and paradoxes - to be an angel or devil.

"Angels Or Devils"
Dishwalla

this is the last time
that I'm ever gonna come here tonight
this is the last time - I will fall
into a place that fails us all - inside

I can see the pain in you
I can see the love in you
but fighting all the demons will take time
it will take time

the angels they burn inside for us
are we ever
are we ever gonna learn to fly
the devils they burn inside of us
are we ever gonna come back down
come around
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could make us cold

this is the last time that I'm ever gonna give in tonight
are there angels or devils crawling here?
I just want to know what blurs and what is clear - to see

still I can see the pain in you
and I can see the love in you
and fighting all the demons will take time
it will take time

the angels they burn inside for us
are we ever
are we ever gonna learn to fly
the devils they burn inside of us
are we ever gonna come back down -
come around
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could break us

if I was to give in - give it up- and then
take a breath - make it deep
cause it might be the last one you get
be the last one
that could make us cold
you know that they could make us cold
I'm always gonna worry about the things that could make us cold