I'll tell you flat out

it hurts so much to think of this

so from my thoughts I will exclude

this very thing that

I hate more than everything is

the way I'm powerless to dictate my own moods

I've thrown away

so many things that could've been much more

and I just pray

my problems go away if they're ignored

but that's not the way it works

no that's not the way it works

I've thrown away

the hope I had in friendships

I've thrown away

so many things that could have been much more

I've thrown away

the secret to find an end to this

and I just pray

my problems go away if they're ignored

but that's not the way it works

no that's not the way it works

Any control I thought I had just slips right through my hands

while my ever-present conscience shakes its head and reprimands me

You give me hope, and hope it gives me life

you touch my heavy heart, and when you do you make it light

as I exhale I hear your voice

and I answer you, though I heardly make a noise

and from my lips the words I choose to say

seem pathetic, but it's fallen man's praise

because I love you

"when i go down"
--relient k

Selah,
Nanette