Lyrics
I was staring at the ceiling in the middle of the night
Feeling like I lost the strength to keep up with the fight
When the world is spinning faster than my hands can ever hold
And the story of my life is doing what it is told
We all hit a wall when the plans fall apart
Leaving nothing but the beating of a heavy broken heart
You cannot control the storm that is raging outside
Or the rising of the water and the turning of the tide
I used to think that happiness was just a lucky draw
A perfect little picture without a single flaw
But then I learned the secret in the middle of the pain
You can build a fire even standing in the rain
Between stimulus and response there is a space
In that space is our power to choose our grace
In our response lies our growth and our freedom
We are the rulers of our own inner kingdom
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing
The last of the human freedoms to let the soul sing
To choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances
We are the ones who are taking the chances
This is man's search for meaning
Finding the solid ground when the whole world is leaning
When we are no longer able to change a situation
We are challenged to change ourselves in the revelation
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how
I am stepping in the fire and I am making the vow
I will find my purpose in the dark and the cold
This is the greatest story that will ever be told
It is not about asking what we expect from life
It is about what life expects from us through the strife
Every single morning is a question we must face
Answering with action and stepping into place
What is to give light must endure the burning
Keeping the wheels of the heavy heart turning
I am taking the suffering and making it a tool
I am breaking the mold and rewriting the rule
Nobody can save you from the weight of the stone
But you get to choose how you carry it alone
Turn the tragedy into a human triumph
Stand like a mountain and roar like a lion
The meaning of life is whatever you choose to build
Look at the empty canvas waiting to be filled
This is man's search for meaning
Finding the solid ground when the whole world is leaning
When we are no longer able to change a situation
We are challenged to change ourselves in the revelation
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how
I am stepping in the fire and I am making the vow
I will find my purpose in the dark and the cold
This is the greatest story that will ever be told
I found my why
I can bear the how
Look at the horizon we are reaching it now
Between the stimulus and the response
I found my freedom
I found my meaning