songs: Make It Right
This song was written in the spring of 2011, a few nights before I decided to leave C and quit drinking...
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I've been holding my darkness
Like wine in a cup
That I'm too scared to drink
And too proud to let go of
So I'll keep taking small sips
With a smile on my lips
While the poison drips down
It fills the well
Where my heart lives
Because I was once an actor
And I played my part so well
That I forgot my own name
Where I'd come from
And who I'd held
I was dancing with angles
By a river in Hell
And when I looked from the bank
At my reflection
I saw The Devil
There's a song in every sound
Even the solitary sigh
There's a painting in my mind
I call "My Life"
And I don't know what it means
But I know I'll be leaving it right
...I'll make it right
'Cause if it ended in ice
I would dance in the snow
And if it ended in fire
I'd get high off the smoke
And if it ended tonight
I'd be scared, but I'd go
'Cause we don't get to chose
Where we're headed
But we can chose the road
There's a truth beyond our truth
Within the stars of the night
There's a whispering
In the silence
Of their light
And I don't know what it means
But I know I'll be leaving it right
...I'll make it right
'Cause I've been down and back up
In the gambles of life
But the house always wins
Because we play till we die
So I'll keep putting chips in
And I'll keep rolling the dice
And if I end up a millionaire
Well, I guess that'd be nice
But there's a cost in every card
And the currency is time
In every suit and every number
Is a sign
And I don't know what they mean
But I know I'll be leaving them right
...I'll make it right
'Cause if I never make much
Of myself that's okay
If my words never touch no one else
It still helped me
To get it all out
Just to let my wounds bleed
And to say what my heart
Was about
Honestly
Someday I'll let it go
And there'll be no more talk of strife
When I breathe my last breath
And close my eyes
I don't know what I'll see
But I know I'll be leaving this right
...I'll make it right
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