you knew you'd burn all of your beliefs
if it made them not want to leave
you don't know how it came to be this way
and you don't know how to say
that you're just living in the moment
trying to keep warm
washed out but not clean
seeking shelter from the storm
you can still hear them say
Oh, you're alright, you're okay
We're proud of you anyways
it's hard to build a future
when you're still buried in the past
less about the answers
more about the questions asked
talk of moving forward
never mentioning what you leave behind
something you haven't yet noticed missing
something you'll never find
and the mountains that you carry
you were only supposed to climb
what hurt them the most
was hearing you explain
why you shouldn't have been hurt
by what was causing you so much pain
memories of inspiration not yet found
seeds blamed for being planted in the ground