They've always had an answer before I'd ask the question A verdict on my life dressed up as good intention Nobody pulled me close To whisper "are you fine?" As if I couldn't be So they can put the blame on me I've trusted and believed and watched it turn to ashes First loves, old friends, the teachers — all forgotten faces My parents saw a stranger Where their son was meant to be Now I walk among the living Too numb to feel a feeling I was born into pain and pain is all that raised me Joy hasn't touched my skin, but God I wish it'd graze me I know it will come Time is gentleman I've leaned on every hand that promised it would hold me And every single one has let me fall and left me lonely So now I turn to you The only one still standing Don't you leave me too Time, I'm still waiting I was born into pain and pain is all that raised me Joy hasn't touched my skin, but God I wish it'd graze me I know it will come Time is gentleman Time is gentleman Time is gentleman
