Treasure Trove

[verse1] Gold beneath my fingernails I'm clawing at the earth Frantic hands in frozen soil Unearthing what I buried first Not ready for the blinding light Of everything I killed that night When I chose to walk away From the life I couldn't face [pre-chorus] And oh, these artifacts of grace Each memory leaves a bitter taste The arrows that I pulled from bone The dreams I murdered on my own [chorus] I am the thief, I am the grave Of every hope I couldn't save But standing here in morning light I finally see with clearer sight That everything I tried to kill Kept growing, growing, growing still [verse2] Beneath the goals of power and pride The locked bags split their seams And spill across the excavation site These half-forgotten dreams A child's laugh, a lover's touch A garden by the sea All the things I thought too much Too raw, too real to be [bridge] And now I understand Why I buried it so deep Beneath the stones and sand These treasures I couldn't keep 'Cause sometimes love's too bright to hold When you don't believe you're worth its gold [chorus_final] There it hangs above the hearth A photo of that sacred art Of living true and loving whole The treasure map inside my soul Leading back to what I knew: The heart grows wild and so should you [outro] Everything important Found at last In the core of what I cast aside When I was too afraid To shine [end]