As they took his soul they stole his pride (pride) Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say As he faced the sun he cast no shadow As he faced the sun he cast no shadow (ah) Here's a thought for every man Who tries to understand what is

I am not afraid to keep on living I am not afraid to walk this world alone Honey, if you stay I'll be forgiven Nothing you can say can stop me going home With words I thought I'd never speak Awake and unafraid Asleep or dead 'Cause I see you lying next

I guess I wanted you more And lookin' back now I'm sure I wanted you more I don't need you anymore I kept waitin' on a reason In a call that never came No I never, saw it comin' Somethin' in you must have changed All the words unspoken, promises broken

Enter into a circle of light, engraved in flesh stare in my eyes, I will not bow down, the only truth pulling words form my lips Tearing me within this life will Remain a mystery to you until the day you pass away Speak lies spilling from your lips as

Oh-oh-oh-oh When the sharpest words wanna cut me down I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out I'm not scared to be seen I make no apologies, this is me Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh I know that there's a place for us I am brave, I am bruised

In the middle of the night So when I call you in the middle of the night And I'm choking on the words 'cause I miss you Baby, don't tell me I'm out of time How you slipped through my hands I got so much of my loving to give you I keep coming back to that

She's got whatever it is It blows me away She's everything I wanted to say to a woman But couldn't find the words to say I don't know what to do Because every time I try and tell her how I feel You got whatever it is It comes out "I love you" She's got

Who left me outside That someone holds me tonight Hold me tonight Someone left the door open I'm bent, I'm not broken Come live in my life All the words left unspoken Are the pages I write On my knees and I'm hoping

You use your words as a weapon dear But your blades don't hurt when you have no fear You think that you're deep under my skin You're trying to keep me suffering If you use your words as a weapon Then as a weapon, I'll shed no tears I feel your knife as

Oh I'm alive And this time I won't forget I'm taking my first breath And the tears begin to swell Tears I dare not fight 'Cause now I'm alive Now I'm alive Oh, I will try But I tell you it ain't easy using only words