"I Don't Know How To Let Go"

I've been in a lot of pain
Though the scars don't show
I've still got a lot to say
The words hang in my throat

I'm still going on my way
I'm still in that same old boat
Fighting against tides and waves
Saying I need your help, I don't

I don't know
How to let go
I don't know
How to let go

I'm digging deeper holes
Losing all control
I can't even dictate my own
Feelings as I go

I'm still running down that road
I still keep on digging coal
I've still got a lot to learn
From all the bridges that I've burned

I don't know
How to let go
I don't know
How to let go
Could you teach me

Hold my heart for the last time, the last time
Hold my heart for the last time
I'm going away from here

I don't know
How to let go
I don't know
How to let go
How to let go

"Black And Blue"

I'm trying to connect
But these walls you resurrect, they shut me down
And the feeling they reflect
Is starting to infect and filter out
I want to be direct
No message to dissect, I'll let it sound
A mutual respect
For the road that each of us walk down

I'm trying to share my heart
But no one seems to want it, want it
I'm trying to share my heart
But no one seems to want it, want it

So this is called the surface
Conversation without purpose, substance-less
Setting where the curve is
Concerned with our own burdens, nothing less
This isn't what your worth is
You are still a person, heart and breath

I'm trying to share my heart
But no one seems to want it, want it
I'm trying to share my heart
But no one seems to want it, want it
And it's breaking me apart
Cause no one seems to want it, want it
Why is it so hard
Why is it so hard

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Will I ever find the truth
Is there a soul that really aims for You
Cause no one really seems to understand
And the ones I share a mind don't have me in their plans
So I offer my heart
Black and blue

I'm trying to share my heart
But you don't seem to want it
I want to see yours too
Fully bloomed and unguarded
Not an easy thing to do
Yeah, I've been hurt too
So let's hold each other
Black and blue

"We All Carry The Weight"

I'm sorry but it's hard to feel sorry
When everyone has a direct feed
To all your pain and all your misery
I question if you really bleed

I'm sorry I'm conflicted so
When I see you bended on your knees
The cries from those you're standing on
Are drowning out your woeful pleas

And if compassion has a place
Then I pray, then I pray
That I could find that bit of grace
To display, to display
But if your well being means
So many others' dismay
Maybe there's another way

I'm sorry, could you please forgive me
Have I forgotten how to love
How to turn the other cheek
To endure this push and shove

And I'm sorry, but I feel so empty
Like it never is enough
To let the wicked walk all over
And lift their selfishness right up

And if compassion has a place
Then I pray, then I pray
That I could find that bit of grace
To display, to display
But if your well being means
So many others' dismay
Maybe there's another way

You never wanted any help
Besides to help yourself
It doesn't matter where you get it
Just the destination
And if you're only running clean
Through everyone, not listening
Maybe you could carry your own cross
Maybe you could learn something

And if compassion has a place
Could I find that bit of grace
A fine line between
Those who need and who manipulate
Help me find my own way
If there is another way

"All Us Mistakes"

We didn't have to happen
We didn't have to happen
But we did
The fallout of broken families
Broken kids

We didn't have to happen
We didn't have to happen
But here we are
Left with forlorn figments,
Broken hearts

All us mistakes
All us mistakes

We didn't have to happen
We didn't have to happen
But we're alive
More than ticking time bombs
Killing time

We didn't have to happen
No, we didn't have to happen
This isn't chance
Here for a reason, though just for a season
Not happenstance

All us mistakes
All us mistakes
We are miracles
A desert full of marigolds
All us mistakes
Every one of us
Beautiful mistakes

"Help Me Out"

Everybody wants a piece of me
And everybody wants it free
So they take a scalpel and dissect
The parts they wanna keep

Is every gift just give and take
So you can have and eat your cake
Is all the goodness in your heart
Just selflessness for your own sake

Help me out
Help me out
I never asked for this
You've got to help me out
You help me out
Help me out
I never asked for this
What are you expecting

Has there ever been untainted love
Or is it always unrequited love
Someone pulling harder for the other
A game of tug of war and love

And I don't need another favor now
If it's gonna trail right back to me somehow
My lamentations from expectations
Don't expect me to settle down

Help me out
Help me out
I never asked for this
You've got to help me out
You help me out
Help me out
I never asked for this
What are you expecting now
What are you expecting now

My life under a magnifying glass
It's not fair to treat someone like this

Help me out
Help me out
I never asked for this
You've got to help me out
You help me out
Help me out
I never asked for this
What are you expecting now

"Roses And Thorns"

When all I feel is broken
How can I pick up
Back to where I started
So far away
When everything I know is
Roses and thorns
All that's beautiful
Just leaves me torn

A bottomless hole
Bottled up in my soul
Am I feeding the void
Am I feeding the void

Losing control
By holding on, not letting go
Am I feeding the void
This was always my choice

To walk this road

When all I feel is broken
How can I pick up
Back to where I started
So far away
When everything I know is
Roses and thorns
All that's beautiful
Just leaves me torn

Heartbeat starts bleeding me dry
With every measure of time
Just counting down the seconds till I die

I can't keep feeding my eyes
Misleading lustrous lies
While leprous limbs sever ties
And leave me

Broken
So how can I pick up
Back to where I started
So far away
When everything I know is
Roses, just roses and thorns
All that's beautiful
Just leaves me torn

"Your Reality"

You might not make it
You might not make it
She says to me
There's a hundred other voices
In this crowded scene

And while some are grounded
Others don't seem to see
The expiration of this occupation
And they keep on running

Believe in your dreams
But believe in your reality

Count your blessings
But don't forget to count your losses too
Cut and run when the timing comes
To move on to option two

But if you don't have one
What'll you fall back on?
If you built no steps
For your dreams to stand upon

Head up in the clouds
That shroud your vision
A goal could be
A head-on collision

Believe in your dreams
But believe in your reality

And it's not giving up
If and when it's enough
To resort to a solid plan B
Believe in your dreams
But believe in your reality

Invest in what you have
And what you someday hope to be
The tangible here and now
And the future possibilities
Believe in your dreams
And believe your reality

"Be A Light"

All my little fireflies
Blinking out into the night
Try so hard to fit the part
You're fading out of sight

All the waves and all the tides
Toss and turn your heart aside
Don't get caught up in the motions
Remember to keep burning bright

Be a light, be a light
Be a light, be a light
Be a light, be a light
Be a light, be a light

Braving falls and fear of heights
Things that give your heart a fright
You've got it so much harder than the rest
But don't give up the fight

There's a world of souls
Unplugged and shattered bulbs
You're a torch of redemption
Don't turn back to the cold

Be a light, be a light
Be a light, be a light
Be a light, be a light
Be a light, be a light
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"Heart Of Fool's Gold"

Honest people
Go to hell
Charitable
Them as well
Yeah, we're all equal
As I can tell
A sinful people
Unaware of self

Good intentions
Don't go far
Sometimes lead
Where bad ones are
Misguided missions
From our own hearts
These emotions
Could tear apart

No, I'm not heaven sent
Not unpolluted innocence
I can act the part but it's all wrong
Humility is my saving song

Loving people
Go to hell
Honorable
Them as well
Yeah, we're all evil
What can quell
A sinful people
Bent on self

No, I'm not heaven sent
Not unpolluted innocence
I can act the part but it's all wrong
Humility is my saving song

We hide, a quiet kind of pride
That eats away on the inside
Eats away from the inside
Live our lives, masquerading for mirrors
See the light above, see my own heart clearer

My shadows, my shadows prove...
My shadows, my shadows prove...