[Hook] Forgive, let go, but what does my heart say? I still feel inside this deep-seated ache How am I to pardon? How can I forgive? Raging storms within me, I just want to scream [Part 1] My mind and my soul, they are bound in a spell All is locked inside me, like a hidden cell When the loneliness surrounds me, fear fills up the room All the beauty, all the love feels like a distant bloom Too deep lies the hatred, far too great is the ache And this love, yes this life feels like a cruel mistake So I grind down all my teeth and I hold on so tight But it slowly eats me hollow if you leave me tonight [Pre-Hook] I run circles in a cage deep inside Never resting, never pausing, only shadows collide And no matter what I’m seeking, I get lost in the spin With this stone upon my spirit, I can barely begin [Hook] Forgive, let go, but what does my heart say? I still feel inside this deep-seated ache How am I to pardon? How can I forgive? Raging storms within me, I just want to scream [Part 2] But inside my dungeon, there is suddenly light And a whisper gently calls me, “Come, don’t fear the night Give me all your burning hatred, every hidden ache I will breathe a new life in you, this is no mistake” “Step out of this prison, stand into the light See your own reflected image shining clear and bright You are needing true forgiveness, I will pardon you Let it go, release the burden, you’ll not stand alone too” Come back into living, let your fleeing be done You will taste a deeper joy your secret heart has known And this peace beyond all reason, higher than your mind Softly settles in your being, leaves the swamp behind [Pre-Hook] I can feel something loosen, all this weight lifting free Fading echoes of the old days, new roads calling me In the tears and all the scars grows a brand-new “we” And the voice within the silence whispers, “I will not leave” [Hook] Forgive, let go, this is how it will be Living love within me, washing, making me clean I give the chains of my soul to the radiant light For revenge was never mine, never part of my right [Outro] Forgive, let go, I lay everything down From the ashes blooms a garden, step by step joy is found From the dungeon into freedom, from the dark into shine And for the first time in ages, I see my face defined.
