Better

Verse 1: Spent so much time raging spent so much time being wrong Inside, there's a war I've been waging and, God, it's gone on so long I've drunk deep from that poison stream felt it coursing through my veins with each gulp felt the darkness creep been left wondering what remains Chorus: So I'm choosing to be better I'm choosing to let it go no more my own anger's debtor it's time for me to grow Not gonna be simple but it's the work that is for me Saw red for so long, I forgot who I used to be It's time to move on, to build again, begin anew Cause being angry's the easiest thing that I ever had to do Verse 2: Sent furious keystrokes into the void Chasing a high, a like or a dunk, Dancing in the wreckage of what I'd destroyed acting like some little punk Laughing at the stupid, pointing out their flaws looking for any excuse for me to gnash my jaws My anger was pure and righteous and so off I often flew A fight was all I wanted and all I thought I knew Chorus: So I'm choosing to be better I'm choosing to let it go no more my own anger's debtor it's time for me to grow Not gonna be simple but it's the work that is for me Saw red for so long, I forgot who I used to be It's time to move on, to build again, begin anew Cause being angry's the easiest thing that I ever had to do Bridge: So much beauty in this world, that I just didn't hear about So much common ground on which to build, why did I have to shout? My time is marching onward and what have I achieved? Spent so much of my effort needing to be aggrieved Stoking anger and division, slashing 'til it rends How did I let myself become a pawn for someone else's ends? Can't unsee the hurt I caused, can only make it right By teaching myself to think and not react at every little slight Chorus: So I'm choosing to be better I'm choosing to let it go no more my own anger's debtor it's time for me to grow Not gonna be simple but it's the work that is for me Saw red for so long, I forgot who I used to be It's time to move on, to build again, begin anew Cause being angry's the easiest thing that I ever had to do!