Brighter Futures

Oh, keep telling yourself,
“The best is yet to come.”
I do not believe it, I do not.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

There is no way to will yourself into power
There is no way to get the best for yourself,
No will to power, fool… only existential awakening.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

Work hard, and exorcise your inner demons,
Fight hard with them within your soul
And take your armor and weaponry, and slay.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

Perhaps the best is to come, if you slay doubts
Or if you slay your sins through Christ’s word…
Slay them, in bloody combat. And win.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

I do not know, what will happen, or what beast
Will come upon me, in the meadows and the grains
And what leopard lurks in the shadows, what iron jowled beast.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”

But it shall not touch me, for I am hidden in the LORD’s hand
And I know the best is to come in His kingdom, and not this one.
For this one is fallen, and controlled by a Wandering Lion.
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

I work every day, to bring the truth to many souls
And want my reward to be the pavement of Heaven’s golden roads
And the gems littered on the sidewalks and Hephzibah’s Land.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

Work hard, and work fair, and do and accomplish...
Go upon the golden roads, and work hard to accomplish.
Do not sway yourself to doubts, and do not work idly.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

It is no Babylonian Magic, but the seed of hard work
Sown into soils, and sprouted into lush fruittrees
Of good works sown in a heart of gold, and truth.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

Understand, it is all relative to your work, and nothing more.
All success is bred through work, and not passive wills
And do, and accomplish, and work freely and with joy.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

The best is yet to come in Heaven's store,
And the King has granted your request, for everlasting life.
Christ Jesus is His name, and no other.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

Worship on golden shores, and living waters
And milk and honey, and twelve thousand furlong plateaus,
And walk in Zion's Beulah Land, and be married for eternity.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.

There is no other treasure, so reap what you sow upon the earth.
If evil, you reap evil, if good, you reap good.
All things come, and whether success or failure, there is an eternal kingdom.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

Eat from the trees, with twelve fruits bearing their months
Eat the meaty fungi and lichen, and give life;
Sweet, savory foods shall be given to us there, which we do not know.
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”

And then arrive, at the river of Ezekiel, and arrive
Through Christ's blood and water and spirit,
And live! Arrive, with a life of right conduct, and love and truth and mercy.
“I have arrived!” you'll say on that day, if you keep calling on one Name alone.