By My Side

<br>It`s a battle,<br>all my own<br>but steadfast right by my side,<br>best friend I`ve ever known,<br>you`ve always had my back,<br>lost my stability,<br>straight down bloodied up my face,<br>pick myself up again but wind up on two feet,<br>it`s a battle,<br>all my own,<br>machinery you can`t control,<br>others complain about their worst troubles you wish were your own,<br>as the seasons roll on by you realize you`re gettin` older,<br>it`s a battle,<br>all my own,<br>what have I learned?<br>Best friend I`ve ever know,<br>the innocence as we`ve grown been beaten down before,<br>her good luck brings me in,<br>through good times and between the bad times made the difference,<br>I slept well constantly knowin` you`ll never leave,<br>there was strangers in our midst but steadfast right by my side had many enemies,<br>you always had my back<br><br>(It`s a battle, all my own),<br>machinery you can`t control,<br>others complain about their worst troubles you wish were your own,<br>as the seasons roll on by you realize you`re gettin` older,<br>it`s a battle, all my own,<br>what have I learned,<br>the stares,<br>the glares,<br>the battle and fights<br>This malice put upon,<br>you can`t be all right<br>The trouble,<br>the ill intent,<br>I`m sorry for you<br>Never yet again rearranging the truth<br><br>She holds my head up high<br>When I can`t see,<br>fills my mind with thoughts<br>Good memories, she shuts me up when I`m Screaming angry,<br>gives me guidance when<br>(I have no peace)<br>You stayed in my corner to fight,<br>stayed by my side,<br>I`m so tired,<br>stayed by my wrongs and by my rights<br><br>It`s a battle,<br>all my own,<br>machinery you can`t control,<br>others complain about their worst troubles you wish were your own,<br>as the seasons roll on by you realize you`re gettin` older,<br>it`s a battle, all my own,<br>what have I learned?