Learning To Lay

i was so careful with my words

eloquent if ever to be heard

i was so simple then

so trying then

i never really could be pure



i was so carried by that brush

as it moved up and down

on the canvas that it touched

i was so foolish then

gave it importance

i never noticed the color much



i was so focused on the grade

as it blurred in and out on the frame

i was so blinded

i never noticed when the picture was ok



and i can sing about it now

all my mistakes as i figure them out

i won't hide them

i'll just let 'em all out

let them budge, i'll let them budge

so when you ask me to let go, i won't think of it much



i was devoted to my faith

for the shortcomings in my reasoning that it forgave

was i so desperate then to give in?

i just hoped to be saved



i was so humbled by the sound

as it rolled through the air

rumbled the ground

i was so frightened then

to meet bitter ends

and still it's hard to sing out



and i can write about them now

all my mistakes as i figure them out

i can't hide them

they just fall right down

to the page

so when you go to burn the book, they gladly go up in flames



and i can sing about them now

all my regrets as they come pouring out

i display them

i just can't let myself live them down

i'm ok

oh we're all ok

let's not be frightened of turning the page