I was taught to love, I was taught to give
I was told to shape this life I live
By the work of an honest man
With everything I earned, somehow
It slipped right out of my hands
Now I'm standin' on the corner
Wonderin' why I'm so numb inside
caught by the trouble and the pain
and where all the ashes remain
I can 't bear the thought it was all my
That everything fell apart
Cause I swear I've got a good heart
I just don't know where to start
When the waters are rising too high
And here among the wreckage
All the peace of my strength and my faith
And the only things that numb the pain
All the same damn things that eat away,
any chance I'll ever know who I am inside
But even if I lost my mind,
I've forgotten for a little while
That I'm standing on the corner
wondering why I'm so numb inside
Dust cloud hanging up over these lights
Yes, I was running from a crumbling life
Caught by the trouble and the pain
And where only ashes remain
I can 't bear the thought
That everything fell apart
I swear to God I've got a good heart
I just don't know where to start
When the darkness settles down
over these empty city nights
In the bars you've closed,
But no, not me, I'm walking
between the shadows and the lights
I'm thinking about the faith that only came
While we ran through the wild woods
I'm thinking about my dad
Carving that ce dar wood gun
I wonder what he'd think of me now
I think of the man I've become
Would he understand these
Something tells me he fought
That everything tore apart
But I was blessed with my mother's heart
And I know it'll help me start
Maybe I will learn to stand
