[ moderately longer ] Drowning " Pressure, stress Try to get rest Pressure, stress Always act your best Stop for a moment You'll be left behind 'Keep your eyes on the prize, And the prize on your mind' Some choose to listen Choose to obey Manage to flee from The world's large waves Still others exist They drift away As if lost in the sway Of those vast, lethal waves Those who are caught Cry out in vain "To go out astray Will lead you insane" Those who heed not Will be surely distraught Lost in the haze Trapped in the maze Caught in the daze Of those big, tempting waves Pressure, stress Longing for rest Never to find it Struggling, nonetheless 'Struggle is crucial To attain one's goal' If such is the case Why flee at all? Get caught in the waves Learn what they bear Lies feeding lies Why, then, should you care? Though others retreat What more do they gain? They soon become weak Losing more than their brain Yet those who face pain Will rise up in strength Why then refrain From those great waves? To sway is to die Or, rather, to comply While drowning in the stress At a loss for rest Struggling nonetheless Pressure rising in your chest Be pulled by the world Be left behind Flee from those lies Just maybe you'll find A way to be free And no longer ponder How life with stress Can lead you to wander Through waves of your life You face head-on in strife Strength gone in your lungs Mind, body, left stunned Pressure, stress When, then, is there rest " ☆ ──꒰✉️꒱ ❞ ‧₊˚ cr. ⋆.? ̊. @lil_lah_tea ᯓᡣ? Image from pin rest
