[Verse 1] I learned the hard way How a man can fall Chased the wrong doors And I paid for them all Needles and neon Cheap love and lies Bars and jail walls And my own child’s eyes [Pre-Chorus] Now I’m empty-handed At the end of me No more running No more place to flee [Chorus] Oh God, tell me it wasn’t all for nothing Please take my hand, help me understand Can You take it all, can You take it all Can You take it all from here? Oh God, tell me it wasn’t all for nothing I’m done pretending I can save myself Can You take it all, can You take it all Can You take it all from here? [Verse 2] I lost my wife in the smoke of my pride Watched a good home split wide open My babies grew up on the other side With a father they could not reach I wore my shame like a second skin Tried to drown it in another night But every road I took me in Just brought me back to this light [Pre-Chorus] Now I’m broken open And I won’t pretend I have nothing left now But this trembling hand [Chorus] Oh God, tell me it wasn’t all for nothing Please take my hand, help me understand Can You take it all, can You take it all Can You take it all from here? Oh God, tell me it wasn’t all for nothing I’m done pretending I can save myself Can You take it all, can You take it all Can You take it all from here? [Bridge] If there’s mercy for a man like me If there’s room at Your table I’m coming home on bent-up knees I’m tired, but I’m able I give You the wreckage I give You the pain I give You the nights I ran away [Final Chorus] Oh God, tell me it wasn’t all for nothing Please take my hand, help me understand Can You take it all, can You take it all Can You take it all from here? Oh God, tell me it wasn’t all for nothing I’m laying down the weight I cannot bear Can You take it all, can You take it all Can You take it all from here?
