Against the Storm (Alternative Version)

He was born on the wrong side of midnight

In a town that forgot how to dream

Mama worked through

The thunder and hunger

And he learned how to live in between

Empty shoes by the cold kitchen doorway

Taught him that hope's never free

He wore his pain like armor of silver

Forged in the fire of need

They said"You'll never make it, boy"

They laughed when he reached for the stars

But the cracks in his heart were the reason

He glowed in the dark

'Cause he fought against the storm

With his bare hands and a promise torn

Every scar was a story he swore he'd earn

Oh, he bled, but he learned

Now he stands where the lightning fell

Built his heaven from the edge of hell

And though it broke him to be reborn

He fought against the storm

He lost friends to the noise and the poison

And love that was never returned

Every night he'd stare out the window

At a world that refused to turn

But he kept his faith in the silence

In the echoes of who he could be

'Cause when no one believes in your future

You become your own belief

They said"You're not the chosen one"

He said"Then I'll choose myself"

When the world slammed the door

He built his own from the pieces that fell

'Cause he fought against the storm

With his bare hands and a promise torn

Every scar was a story he swore he'd earn

Oh, he bled, but he learned

Now he stands where the lightning fell

Built his heaven from the edge of hell

And though it broke him to be reborn

He fought against the storm

He remembers the rain on his childhood roof

How it whispered,"Someday

You'll see the truth"

That the hardest nights carve

The brightest souls

And the lost don't fade they just take control

He fought against the storm

With his heart torn and his spirit worn

Every wound became wings

That carried him on

Oh, the boy became strong

Now he stands with the sunrise high

No more shadows in his sky

And though his past still keeps him warm

He fought against the storm

Now the rain don't scare him no more

It just sounds like applause from before

For the boy who became his own dawn

He fought against the storm