American Dream from Mongoose by Mead Lake's Most Wanted

There’s a light on in the hallway
And I’m stumbling downstairs
I’ve fallen one too many times
Built a life on indecision
And drowning all my cares
When the engines turned, you know I fell behind

I broke my share of bottles
Like the promises I made
A habit of dusting up the floor
My knees are bruised and battered
From all the many times I prayed
Made the deaf hear,
but he don’t listen anymore

And whatever happened
To my star-spangled youth?
And how did regret become
The flag that I salute?

When I lost my job I lost my home
In a catch of consequence
I found myself living on the street
Diving into dumpsters
The way direction lost all sense
Crushing cans, my crushed American Dream

And it got cold
Searching for gold
In garbage cans, the filth on my hands
Redemption rang
Her voice, it sang
It was a wrecking ball and I heard her call

Well Jesus said the meek
Shall inherit all the earth
I turned my life into a kind of art
I scratched away at copper
And I forged a kind of worth
Started putting back together what I had torn apart

And how did I find pardon
From my life on the street?
I’m living out a new American Dream
And how did I reclaim
My star-spangled youth?
Regret it won’t ever be again
That flag that I salute

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