[Verse] Lot of people out there simply wandering, going nowhere... Carrying a heavy weight... Addiction, loss, trauma... All chains... We can't seem to shake... Some of us turn to the bottle... Needles, flesh, pills... Some turn to God... Before turning back again... It's hard livin'... When you think you're better off dead... I've been there... To that low-down place... And I recognize its artistry... On every weathered face... Let me tell you somethin'... All that hurt... All that rage, that regret, shame... It's not going anywhere... It's not gonna change... Not until you realize... It's not what needs to change... It's you... It's me... We have to change... Have to face it, accept it, and work towards being better... Get a different perspective... Before it's too late... [Instrumental] [Chorus] We have to change... Face what we've done... Accept what we've become... And put in the work... Day after day... Because the hurt won't disappear... Just because we look away... And we can't change yesterday... But we can decide... Who we become today... [Instrumental] [Bridge] It's a long road out of hell... And what's worse... is that we all didn't put ourselves there... I did... But others were cast there by the people they loved the most... By authority they thought they could trust... A stranger who took everything, for no reason... It's not fair... It is ugly... Cruel... But it is... And no amount of self-hatred... Denial or escapism... Will change that... Because the past can't change... But the present... The future... Us... They can... They can change... [Instrumental] [Chorus] We have to change... Face what we've done... Accept what we've become... And put in the work... Day after day... Because the hurt won't disappear... Just because we look away... And we can't change yesterday... But we can decide... Who we become today... [half spoken] It won't make all the pain go away... No that... That will always be with us... But maybe we can learn to live with it... Till some days, we just don't even think about it... Other days we will... But that gives us a goal... Get to another day... That we don't think about it... [Instrumental solo leading to fade out]
