Let me set the scene, I was just 18
In a holy foreign land, I had no rules, I had no plans
And yes sobriety, was just a memory
We drank to freedom every night, until the early light
I can always see their faces, there are dreams that always stay
A host of lies in foreign tongue, as fortunes wheel was spun
I felt the barrel at my neck, I felt the earth connect
A lie, a bribe a way to pay, we didn't know it worked that way
Shoved in cells until we learned, this is not your world
I've been a million different places, but nothing's stained me like that day
I don't dare to think
I can't think to dream
About the things we've done
All to forgive God willing
I was only young
It's never what it seems
The way the future's won
all to forgive God willing
A little girl upon the road, a swerve, a future sold
The sickening sound of broken bones, another empty home
They surrounded us with screams and now they haunt my dreams
As we drive away at speed I feel the earth recede
I don't dare to think
I can't think to dream
About the things we've done
All to forgive God Willing
I was only young
It's never what it seems
The way the future's won
all to forgive God willing
(MID 8)
The cold embrace, a moments grace, a tragic loss, I bear the cross
The harder I live, the quicker I die
Lies we've told, left me cold, secrets keep, don't let me sleep
The more I forgive, the harder I cry
And now I see, it's me who grieves, it's me who lost and what cost
It feels just like I'm stepping back, into the bleak, into the black
I feel the ice crawl down my spine, I know it's near the time
I feel my years just slip away and I'm that child again
I'll never find another hero, there's nothing more that I can say
I don't dare to think
I can't think to dream
About the things we've done
All to forgive God Willing
I was only young
It's never what it seems
It's how the futures won
All to forgive God willing, willing