Bruised and battered I've been a long time gone
Everybody I once knew mostly leaves me alone
Sins of my father have become my own
Now it's more than I can hold
The hardest lesson that I have ever learned
Is waiting a lifetime for a page that never turned
Then looking for grace in the ashes of every bridge I've burned
To the ground
Drawn lines in the sand begged and pleaded with myself
But took the hard road around every little bit of help
Now the only one who can make a difference is the only one left
Anymore
Don't know why the ways I am
Always keep me on the outside looking in
The ways of the world
I never got a foot in the door
The hardest lesson that I have ever learned
Is waiting a lifetime for a page that never turned
Then looking for grace in the ashes of every bridge I've burned
To the ground