The Wreckage

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I was taught to love, I was taught to give I was told to shape this life I live By the work of an honest man Guess I never learned that it could burn down With everything I earned, if somehow It slipped right out of my hands Like a hurricane blowing through the sand [Chorus] Now I'm standing on the corner, watching cars go by Wondering why I'm so numb inside Dust cloud hanging up over these lights Somebody's running from their crumbling life Caught by the trouble and the pain And brought down to rubble by the shame Where the smoke's rising up through the rain And whеre only ashes remain And I can't bеar the thought it was all my fault That everything fell apart 'Cause I swear I've got a good heart I just don't know where to start When the waters are rising too high And I feel like a child In here among the wreckage [Verse 2] 'Cause every time I wake, the morning takes Another piece of my strength and my faith For so many years and I've never known why And the only things that numb the pain Are the same damn things that eat away Any chance I'll ever know who I am inside But even if I've lost my mind I've forgotten for a little while [Chorus] That I'm standing on the corner, watching cars go by Wondering why I'm so numb inside Dust cloud hanging up over these lights Guess I was running from my crumbling life Caught by the trouble and the pain And brought down to rubble by the shame Where the smoke's rising up through the rain And where only ashes remain And I can't bear the thought it was all my fault That everything fell apart I swear to god I've got a good heart I just don't know where to start To build it up again And I feel like a kid Here among the wreckage [Bridge] When the darkness settles down over these empty city nights And the bars have closed, everyone's gone home But, no, not me I'm walking between the shadows and the light Trying to run or trying to hide from a ghost I'm thinking 'bout the faith that only came with the hearts of the young While we ran through wild woods under our summer suns I'm thinking 'bout my dad carving that cedarwood gun I wonder what he'd think of me now and think of the man I've become Would he understand these roads I've run? Something tells me he fought the same things once [Chorus] And I can't bear the thought it was all my fault That everything tore apart But I was blessed with my mother's heart And I know it'll help me start To find my way again Maybe I will learn to stand Here above the wreckage [Outro] Above the wreckage Above the wreckage