Needtobreathe

Pain is alive in a broken heart
The past never does go away
We were born to love and we're born to pay
The price for our mistakes

Grace, she comes with a heavy load
Memories, they can't be erased
Like a pill I swallow that makes me well
But leaves an awful taste

Oh I know this song won't do
Enough to prove my love to you
In my heart you'll always know
There is a place only love can go
There is a place only you can go

Take my notions and words to heart
This is the cry of a man
I can't bring you fortune or noble life
But I'll love you all I can

Oh I know this song won't do
Enough to prove my love to you
But in my heart you'll always know
There is a place only you can go

Oh I know this song won't do
Enough to prove my love to you
In my heart you'll always know
There is a place only love can go
There is a place only you can go

Take me back to a simpler time
I never knew the difference
And the words were mine
Another man could take it all in his stride
My tracks have left a stain

We were fresh coming off the vine
Thrown into a barrel of the cheapest wine
Bottled in a store with a neon sign
And we're all the ones to blame
'Cause in our hearts we know it's true

We got oohs, we got ahhs
We got everything a man could need
We got oohs, we got ahhs
Still got a mountain full of mouths to feed

Tear the ocean and the skies apart
Circle up the wagons underneath the stars
Watch us spin around like a meteorite
It goes down and down and down
'Cause in our hearts we know it's true

We got oohs, we got ahhs
We got everything a man could need
We got oohs, we got ahhs
Still got a mountain full of mouths to feed

We got oohs, we got ahhs
We got everything a man could need
We got oohs, we got ahhs
Still got a mountain full of mouths to feed

Flashing the lights
Drawing us in
Flashing the lights
And then do it again
Flashing the lights
As the sirens call
Drawing us in
So they can watch us fall

We got oohs, we got ahhs
We got everything a man could need
We got oohs, we got ahhs
Still got a mountain full of mouths to feed

We got oohs, we got ahhs
We got everything a man could need
We got oohs, we got ahhs
Still got a mountain full of mouths to feed

My heart is numb
The feeling that I get from
The way you shake your voice
And curse this bitter love

And oh, it's cold
Living in a fallen home
We were just kids back then
Too scared to be alone

You leave me in the dark
Recounting all my sins
You put words in my mouth
But who is gonna mend
These white fences

Oh, it's cold
Living in a fallen home
We were just kids back then
Too scared to be alone

Oh, I said oh, the fight
My legs are unsteadied by
The way you close your eyes
I wish we could hit rewind

You leave me in the dark
Recounting all my sins
You put words in my mouth
But who is gonna mend
These white fences

My heart is numb
The feeling that I get from
The way you shake your voice
And curse this bitter love

And oh, the fight
My legs are unsteadied by
The way you close your eyes
I wish we could hit rewind

You leave me in the dark
Recounting all my sins
You put words in my mouth
But who is gonna mend
These white fences

I ain't lookin' for a free ride home
Back to the middle
I need a new locale
I need a girl who calls me baby
I need to know if she can save me

I need somewhere I can drive all night
Out into the darkness
Follow the headlights down
I gotta know if they can take me
I gotta know if they can save me

Focus in on every word
Change my path
Maybe I could leave a mark
Try and prove the poets wrong
There must be time
Maybe we could be the song
To march us on

I ain't looking' for a free ride home
Back to the middle
I need a new locale
I need a girl that calls me baby
I need to know if she can save me

I need somewhere I can drive all night
Out into the darkness
Follow the headlights down
I need to know where they can take me
I gotta know if they can save me

Beg the book to turn the page
'Cause I get stuck where the villains get away
Somewhere in this wretched tale there must be a line
Where the victim gets his way
Just one time
I'll get mine

I ain't lookin' for a free ride home
Back to the middle
I need a new locale
I need a girl that calls me baby
I gotta know if she can save me

I need somewhere I can drive all night
Out into the darkness
Follow the headlights down
I need to know where they can take me
I gotta know if they can save me

Drive all night
Hold on tight
Close your eyes
Say goodbye

Days they force you
Back under those covers
Lazy mornings they multiply
Glory's waiting outside your window
Wake on up from your slumber
Baby, open up your eyes

Tongues are violent
Personal and focused
Tough to beat with your steady mind
Hearts are stronger after broken
So wake on up from your slumber
Baby, open up your eyes

All these victims stand in line for
The crumbs that fall from the table
Just enough to get by
All the while your invitations
Wake on up from your slumber
Baby, open up your eyes

Take from vandals all you want now
Please don't trade it in for life
Replace your feeble with the fable
Wake on up from your slumber
Baby, open up your eyes

All these victims stand in line for
The crumbs that fall from the table
Just enough to get by
All the while your invitation
Wake on up from your slumber
Baby, open up your eyes

C'mon sing like we used to
Dance when you want to
Taste of the breakthrough
And open wide

All these victims stand in line for
The crumbs that fall from the table
Just enough to get by
All the while your invitation
Wake on up from your slumber
Baby, open up your eyes

Sing like we used to
Dance like you want to
C'mon darlin' open up your eyes

Goin' to California
Suitcase in my hand
Never run away a boy
When you can walk away a man

Pride it comes to find you
In your hopes and in your dreams
Like a thief who tells his lover
He's got one last thing

'Cause I can see the shadows
At the foot of my door
I can see the faces
They don't doubt us anymore
I can see it coming
I pray I don't go blind
In the middle of our reckoning time

Easy is a refuge
And it's an easy place to be
But when the sun shines on us
What will the whole world think

'Cause I can see the shadows
At the foot of my door
I can see the faces
They don't doubt us anymore
I can see it coming
I pray I don't go blind
In the middle of our reckoning time

The nature of the broken
Spirit of the chosen
We stand alone
A journey through the purpose
The weight of when it's worthless
The words don't show
In the middle of our reckoning time

Goin' to California
Suitcase in my hand
Never run away a boy
When you can walk away a man

There's a host of hurts we come across
None of which alike
From the air inside the birthing room
To the darkness where we die
Though I feel I'm just as strong as any man I know
I'm not able on my own

Carry 'round the secrets
Only heaven knows
Crawl into our darkened rooms where only victims go
Though I feel I'm strong enough to carry all this load
I'm not able on my own

All my actions, false or true
Selfish motives I will use
We were born with knives in hand
Trained to kill our fellow man
If we're not better than the rest
How will children do their best
Find your patience, find your truth
Love is all we have to lose
I'm not able on my own

I feel their eyes all over me
It's lookin' like conspiracy
I'm out of friends that I can trust
Maybe they're on to us

My heart is filled with suspicion
I've got a fearful condition
It's more than just paranoia
Maybe they're on to us

You're not the only one
To sleep through the firing squad
To scream through the night at God
Wake in a pouring sweat you hear the sound
Can't even turn around
Hand reaching from the ground
Who's gonna save us
Who's gonna save us now

I'm looking up in the rear view
Crowds that I can't seem to push through
Strangers and operations
Maybe they're on to us

My hands are shakin' like a leaf
Can't even see in front of me
I know it's just paranoia
Maybe they're on to us

You're not the only one
To sleep through the firing squad
To scream through the night at God
Wake in a pouring sweat you hear the sound
Can't even turn around
Hand reaching from the ground
Who's gonna save us
Who's gonna save us now

I'm not the only one
The fear is like a flood
It's movin' on me now
The screams they catch us
Who's gonna save us now

You're not the only one
To sleep through the firing squad
To scream through the night at God
Wake in a pouring sweat you hear the sound
Can't even turn around
Hand reaching from the ground
Who's gonna save us
Who's gonna save us now