Now, the smoke is finally cleared and I can see the wreckage of my past that lies about me Now, it's all become so clear to me and I have learned the truth behind the lies and seen the lies within the truth Everything in context finally makes sense I see the paths I've walked Some I've paved myself Some where I went gladly Some against my will
I can leave behind the fear and doubt and cast aside the shackles and the chains of flawed assumptions I learned as a child I can't let them distract me, so I'm putting aside the memories of the things I never had but thought I wanted Now, my notions of what makes relationships have a new light I have gained an understanding No more false facades Covering my feelings Preventing a connection
I've been spending my whole life pursuing those who built this cell Lamenting all the hateful things that happened to me Never thought to look at how I might have played a part in what I am, or what it means to lose the game before it starts Now I know that I cannot turn back and change the past, and that the only choice to save myself is changing what I carry from it Everything I did to myself Everything that's been done to me I'll turn my back on that and walk away
And left with only me At last I see the answer and what I need to be Letting go, I destroy my shell Embrace my heart and free myself
[A] The point of the search may not be the answer The value of a want is not always a need Still I stand, I'm not going to crawl Now I know I've got to believe [B] (Once I was a person without malice Once my heart bled red instead of black Openness and introspection now show me the way to reclaim all I've lost and take it back) [C] (You may have taken everything I ever had, but you cannot take my future) [D] (Just release yourself - x4) (x2)
All I was and all that I'll ever be finally are integrated, and I am whole again Now I know the reason for this suffering, and I'm a better person for having known the pain And I am whole again (x3) Now I know the reason for this suffering And I am whole again (x2) A better person having overcome the pain