Second Storm

Nobody returns...
No one recovers...
Nobody quite goes back

On the day the first storm hit me, I was headed for a fall
I was driving down the thoroughfare of dread
I had no road map to guide me, just the writing on the wall
And "Abandon ye all hope" is what it said
I was searching for an exit, I was reaching for the brakes
When the air itself exploded like a mine
There was nothing to hold onto but the sorrow and the ache
And the me I'd tried and failed to leave behind

My second storm
This is my proving ground
My second storm
'Cause there's no turning round
My second storm
Yeah, I've been here before
This is my second storm

Didn't know there'd be a sequel, never gave it any thought
Because lightning's not supposed to strike you twice
But then, all things being equal, that's a battle that I've fought
All my life without considering the price
Well, the second one took longer; I was so much more exposed
Than I'd been when I was hiding in that hole
But by now I'd gotten stronger, so my wounded heart arose
And for the first time since my youth I had a soul

My second storm
This is my proving ground
My second storm
Where I am lost, then found
My second storm
Yeah, I've been here before
This is my second storm, my second storm

No, no, nobody returns, no one recovers
Nobody quite goes back to the way they were before
But the storm helps us learn, and we discover
How the writing on the wall becomes a door

My second storm
This is my proving ground
My second storm
Where I am lost, then found
My second storm
Yeah, I've been here before
This is my second storm
My second storm
This is my proving ground
My second storm
'Cause there's no turning round
My second storm
Where I am killed, then born
This is my second storm, my second storm