When I Go Down

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I'll tell you flat out It hurts so much to think of this So from my thoughts I will exclude The very thing that I hate more than everything is The way I'm powerless To dictate my own moods [Pre-Chorus 1] 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 [Chorus] When I go down I go down hard And I take everything I've learned And teach myself some disregard When I go down It hurts to hit the bottom And all the things that got me there I think, "If only I had fought them." [Verse 2] If and when I can Clear myself of this clouded mind I'll watch myself settle down Into a place where Peace can search me out and find That I'm so ready to be found [Pre-Chorus 2] 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 [Chorus] When I go down (When I go down) I go down hard (I go down hard) And I take everything I've learned And teach myself some disregard When I go down (When I go down) It hurts to hit the bottom And all the things that got me there I think, "If only I had fought them." [Bridge 1] Any control I thought I had Just slips right through my hands While my ever-present conscience Shakes it's head and reprimands me Reprimands me Then and there I confess I'll blame all this on my selfishness Yet You love me And that consumes me And I'll stand up again And do so willingly [Bridge 2] 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 (Ah) I hear Your voice And I answer You (Ah) Though I hardly make a noise And from my lips (Ah) The words I choose to say Seem pathetic (Ah) But it's a fallen man's praise 'Cause I love You Oh God, I love You [Bridge 3] Ba-ba-ba Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba Ba-ba-ba Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba And life is now worth living (Ba-ba-ba) If only because of You (Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba) And when they say that I am dead and gone (Ba-ba-ba) It won't be further from the truth (Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba) [Outro] When I go down I lift my eyes to You I won't look very far 'Cause You'll be there With open arms To lift me up again To lift me up again