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Better

All the faces in the trees They talk to me They tell me things I already know But they won't tell me Won't tell me Won't tell me where to go And, oh, I know It's worse before it's better It's worse than ever And I don't know where to go And so, and so, and so, I'll try to pull this together But I'm damned if I do, I'm damned if I don't You can chase me through these years But I won't let you take me I won't, I won't, I won't My direction is lost, my focus is gone This is going all so very wrong I am blind, I am mute I've got the gun, but no one to shoot Hand me my noose The screws are getting loose And when loneliness steals All I've ever known When I've forgotten it all When I've never grown I stand there, stand there I stand there, I'm all alone And, oh, I know It's worse before it's better It's worse than ever And I don't know where to go And so, and so, and so, Into the dark, into the ground That is where I want to be found Hand me my noose And I'll look for an excuse To lay myself down For this is the season Of my own worst treason I need you….to say "Oh, darling, I know It's worse before it's better It's worse than ever But one day you'll know On day I'll show you Where to go And so, and so, and so Hand me your noose And we'll call this a truce Step back from the edge Step down from that ledge Drop the shovel, drop the gun I promise you, I'll be the one. And so, and so, and so Don't leave me, don't go I'll always love, you, This you know." And so… Hand me my pen Hand me my brush I'll put this all out on paper I'll go slow, I won't rush I'll find my way through this maze I'll find my way through this haze It's been worse, worse than ever But I'm finally ready to get better.
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Jul 11, 2011
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