I was inspired to write a song based on the struggle that those with mental illnesses go through on a daily basis. We try so hard to get through each day. Sometimes even more difficult is not losing hope that things won’t always be the same, that there will be better days ahead.

Some days, It’s hard to not let despair swallow me up. Some days, it succeeds. But more often, I have hope that someday I will find a way to make things easier for myself, if I just keep trying.

I would love thoughts, critique, etc, or if you're a musician that wants to put this to a melody, please be my guest!

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Day After Day
By Bwee

It’s day again, or is it night
Just woke up, time to start the fight
It’s between me, myself and I
Between tired heart and exhausted mind
Can’t seem to figure out this part
Just how or when or where to start
To pull the curtains all away
And see at last the sun’s sweet rays

Day after day after day
It’s the same featureless gray
You ask me what’s new and I
Only shake my head and sigh

Day after day after day
There has got to be a way
I wanna do more than just survive
I want to feel alive

A thick, dark fog is surrounding me
Clouding my eyes so I can’t see
All I know is sadness and fear
You can’t help, but I need you here
Again it’s won this round, this fight
I’ll try again another night
The battle’s lost, but not the war
A chance is all I’m asking for

Day after day after day
It’s the same featureless gray
You ask me what’s new and I
Only shake my head and sigh

Day after day after day
There has got to be a way
I wanna do more than just survive
I want to feel alive

I’ll try again, again
Don’t know that I can win
But I wanna see the bright blue sky
So I’ll try and try and try, and try

Day after day after day
It’s the same featureless gray
But I won’t give up, you’ll see
Soon the sun’s warmth will find me

Day after day after day
There has got to be a way
I wanna do more than just survive
Someday I’ll feel alive