Proving Ground - Lyrics - Gathering Field

The Gathering Field are an American rock quartet from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who recorded five albums from 1994 until 2001. They went on hiatus in 2002 and reunited in 2013.

Here I stand On the proving ground Mortal man Hiding my failures And I can Leave here without a sound But then where would I be? Broken again, lonely and free Without a friend I know I have demons to battle So I pray for the strength that I haven't yet found I'll go where the Diamondbacks rattle And wait for the day On the hot proving ground Lately my faith Dwindles like kindling in fire Shimmers and shakes like a ghost in the wind Glimmers and waits for the change to begin Lately my faith I knowâ€¦. If I hold on 'till the new sun arrives If some small part of my true self survives Then I might run like a child on the sand Never to carry this burden again And oh here it comes, the one thing I forgot The secret I found is the secret I lost But can I believe in the truth I betrayed Can I make peace with the choices I made Help me hold on I knowâ€¦