He covers his face As the rain starts pouring down Another night alone Broke and in the cold He never imagined His life would be this way Crawling through the trenches Fighting to live another day She thought their love was ever true The night she let him in He took away her purity And never called again And now her body grows In unfamiliar ways He left her in the trenches She's counting down the days Crawling through These trenches surrounding With miles ahead No ending in sight Dragging through Net of thorns above, below All enduring The trenches of life The trenches of life Draining what little strength is left Heavier as you go Lessening the load Seems impossible No, this doesn't have to end you You can endure You can survive Tragedies are meant for overcoming We take the lows with the highs With the highs Crawling through These trenches surrounding With miles ahead No ending in sight Dragging through Net of thorns above, below All enduring The trenches of life The trenches of life