Maynard sings about his late mother

Here are some lyrics off 10,000 Days that struck me.

The album title refers to the time Maynard's mother spent in a wheelchair before her death.

Wings For Marie (Part 1)

You believed

You believed in moments not conceived

You believed in me

A passionate spirit

Uncompromise

Without us in your heart

A light in your eyes that

Ends all lies

Vacant, broken

Fell at the hands of

Those moments that I wouldn’t see

Cause it was you who prayed for me so

What have I done to be a son to an angel

What have I done to be worthy

Daylight dims leaving cold fluorescence

Difficult to see you in this light

Please forgive this selfish question, but

What am I to say to all these ghouls tonight

She never told a lie

Well might of told a lie

But never lived one

Didn’t have a life

Didn’t have a life

But surely saved one

Alright, now it’s time for us to let you go

10,000 Days (Wings Part 2)

We listen to the tales and romanticize,

How we follow the path of the hero

Boast about the day when the rivers overrun,

How we'll rise to the height of our halo.

Listen to the tales as we all rationalize

Our way into the arms of the savior

FAILING(Fading) all the trials and the tribulations,

None of us have actually been there,

Not like you...

The ignorant flippants in the congregation

Gather around spewing sympathy,

Spare me...

None of them can even hold a candle up to you

Blinded by choices,

hypocrites won't see

But enough about the collective Judas

Who could deny you were the one who illuminated

A VITAL piece of the divine

This little light of mine it gives your past unto me,

I'm gonna let it shine,

to guide you safely on your way

Your way home...

Ohh, what are they gonna do when the lights go down

Without you to guide them all to Zion?

What are they gonna do when the rivers overrun

Other than tremble incessantly?

High is the way

but our eyes are upon the ground.

You are the light and the way

They'll only read about

I only pray heaven knows

When to lift you out

10000 days in the fire is long enough.

You're going home...

You're the only one who can hold your head up high,

Shake your fist at the gates saying,

"I have come home now!"

Fetch me the SPIRIT, the SON and the FATHER,

Tell them their pillar of faith has ascended.

"It's time now! My time now!

Give me my

Give me my wings!"...

"Give me my wings"

You are the light, the way, that they will only read about

Set as I am in my ways and my arrogance

Burden of proof tossed upon non-believers.

You were my witness, my eyes, my evidence,

Judith Marie, unconditional one.

Daylight dims leaving cool flourescence.

Difficult to see you in this light.

Please forgive this bold suggestion:

Should you see your maker's face tonight

Look him in the eye

Look him in the eye and tell him

I never lived a lie, never took a life,

But surely saved one

Hallejullah,

It's time for you to bring me home.