I was barely out of bed
When the walls started turning around my head.
Now, I’m learning how to live
In an alien world hanging by a thread.
I try to run away
But I find myself, again,
Stuck in the same place.
Who will I be today?
I can’t control the world or change it.
And after all this time I thought I had it figured out,
But I’m still learning how to love.
And after all this time I thought I had it figured out,
But I’m still learning how to love.
Now I’m learning to pretend
Going back and forth through content and dread.
Got meetings to attend; (meetings to attend)
Give me one more week and I’ll make amends.
I try to run away
But I find myself, again,
Stuck in the same place.
Who will I be today?
I can’t control the world or change it.
And after all this time I thought I had it figured out,
But I’m still learning how to love.
And after all this time I thought I had it figured out,
But I’m still learning how to love.
Watch for the cracks down inside the pavement.
(Learning how to live, learning how to live)
Go get ahead but try to be patient.
(Learning how to live, learning how to live)
Care for your dues and don’t miss a payment.
(Learning how to live, learning how to live)
Give your respects but don’t make a statement.
(Learning how to live)
And after all this time I thought I had it figured out,
But I’m still learning how to love.
And after all this time I thought I had it figured out,
But I’m still learning how to love.
it's such a beautiful album of grieving and loss and acceptance. it speaks to a particular kind of grief -- not a grieving of one who is lost, but the grieving for one who is still present and still causing pain. i love the last song most because while it could end in pain, or end with the narrators decision to permanently push this person out of their life and that would be justified, it doesn't. instead, it offers something. what is offered? acceptance. hope. and a chance for redemption janmisha