The
Real Me
Foolish heart, looks like we're here again
Same old game of plastic smile, don't let anybody in
Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break
How much will they take before I'm empty
Do I let it show, does anybody know?
But you see
the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Reveal me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
No need to hold back my frailty
‘Cause you see the real me
Painted on,
life is behind the mask
Self-inflicted circus clown
I'm tired of the song and dance
Living a charade, always on parade
What a mess I've made of my existence
But you love me even now
And still I see somehow
That you see
the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Reveal me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
No need to hold back my frailty
Oh, ‘cause you see the real me
Shadows of shattered
dreams
They followed me, they haunted me
To take in the broken pieces of my life and held me to believe
‘Cause
you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Reveal me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
No need to hold back my frailty
Oh ‘cause you see the real me
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Weight
of the World
Has anybody else but me ever felt this way before?
Like the world is spinning much too fast
And you’re falling through the floor
Struck by lightning, feels so frightening
When the morning feels like war (?)
Unbreakable,
unbreakable
So when you
fall down, down, down
Don’t get down on you,
Don’t you know that everybody gets
Down, down, down
Why you’re trying to
Carry the weight of the world
Some folks say
that we’ve been blessed
And I know deep down they’re right
But when you’re feeling cold, alone and desperate
And can’t get through the night
It seems the only time you test your wings
you’re crashing through the sky
Unbreakable,
unbreakable
So when you
fall down, down, down
Don’t get down on you,
Don’t you know that everybody gets
Down, down, down
Why you’re trying to
Carry the weight of the world
Has anybody
else but me ever felt this way before?
So when you
fall down, down, down
Don’t get down on you,
Don’t you know that everybody gets
Down, down, down
Why are you trying to
Carry the weight of the world
Oh get down
on you
Don’t you know that everybody gets
Down, down, down
Why are you trying to
Carry the weight of the world
It’s hard
to see from where you are right now
I know it’s hard to breathe
Just let the world go round
And round, round, round
I’m not trying to
Carry the weight of the world
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As
Long as We're Here
Why did we have to fight?
Why can’t we spend our time trying?
I wanna to be close to you
Keep love from slipping through my hands
Words said in anger aimed at someone
Are hard to take back once the damage is done
Let’s
stop now
As long as we’re here
Alive on this earth
I’m gonna love you for all that it’s worth
And one of these days
We’re gonna understand why
Let’s make the most of our time
As long as we’re here
Some people
live their lives
Holding their fears inside them
Afraid to build windows
To let the light of the world in
They hide in the darkness
In self-imposed walls
If they could just tear them down
They’d have it all
As long as we’re
here
Alive on this earth
I’m gonna love you for all that it’s worth
And one of these days
We’re gonna understand why
Let’s make the most of our time
As long as we’re here
When you’re
with me
I believe it
You are my need right now of me (?)
As long as we, as long as we’re here
I’m gonna love you
And one of these days
We’re gonna understand why
As long as we’re here
Alive on this earth
I’m gonna love you for all that it’s worth
And one of these days
We’re gonna understand why
Let’s make the most of our time
As long as we’re here
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Sacrificial
Love
Sometimes I feel like I’m chasing the shadows in your eyes
Losing my footing and looking for something that I recognize
Tell me you’re here for forever
but act like you’re passing through
Which one’s the real you?
Which one’s the real you?
Are you only
practicing until you find the real thing?
Taking up space until you find yourself in that perfect face?
Are you looking over my shoulder?
Am I enough or just
Your sacrificial love?
I know when
we started
I kinda talked you into this
I was good for the moment
But now something’s missing
from your kiss
I see you lying beside me
But I feel you’re moving on
Which one’s the real you?
Which one’s the real you?
Are you only
practicing until you find the real thing?
Taking up space until you find yourself in that perfect face?
Are you looking over my shoulder?
Am I enough or just
Your sacrificial love?
Do I have to
spill my tears?
Teach you how to say goodbye?
If that’s not what I am to you
What am I?
What am I?
Are you only
practicing until you find the real thing?
Taking up space until you find yourself in that perfect face?
Are you looking over my shoulder?
Am I enough or just
Your sacrificial love?
Just your sacrificial love
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Grace
of God
Some folks always get the rough ride
Seem to end up on the wrong side
Constant battle just to survive
on any given day
I watched a
mother on my TV
Hungry children that she can't feed
Still I've got everything that I need
And that just don't seem right
That I sleep safe tonight
There's got
to be some rhyme or reason why
We turn away and we close our eyes
If I could find some way that we could justify
all of this suffering
There but for the grace of God go I
Every day makes
the headlines
Someone struggling for their life
Feels like I’m watching from the sidelines
Will nothing ever change?
Just the truth got rearranged
There's got
to be some rhyme or reason why
We turn away and we close our eyes
If I could find some way that we could justify all of this suffering
There but for the grace of God go I
Sometimes it's
hard to believe
In a truth that you can't even see
But faith holds the hope for the world
And I know, I know
There's got
to be some rhyme or reason why
We turn away and we close our eyes
If I could find some way that we could justify all of this suffering
There but for the grace of God go I
When I'm thinking
it's a bad day
Feels like nothing's going my way
I pass a wreck out on the freeway
And I pray that they survived
There but for the grace of God go I
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