The smoking gun is what I’ve found The dirt I have on you is the ground Wish that I didn’t have to see a confidant as an enemy Now the truth is a ball and chain Holding my conscience to the flame Covered up, but still I know The secret of the life you’re

If I held my ground would you ask me to change This drought bleeds on now we're dancing for rain These worlds collide but the distance remains We point the finger, never accept the blame and I know, I know We drink the air but its so not the same Were

So do you know what I mean So do you know So do you know And I held my ground When I heard those sounds And I must have cried When I held those hands So do you know how I feel

Whoa, you stress me out, you kill me You drag me down, you fuck me up We're on the ground, we're screaming I don't know how to make it stop I love it, I hate it, and I can't take it I tell myself I'm done with wicked games But then I get so numb with all

Just be as you are Be as you are, be as, be as you are But in times of trouble I can turn to my mother And I know that she gon' understand And she told me, young man There are moments when you fall to the ground But you are stronger than you feel you are

(Hard times) (Hard times) gonna make you wonder why you even try (Hard times) gonna take you down and laugh when you cry (These lives) and I still don't know how I even survive When I hit the ground (Hard times) (hard times) All that I want Tell my

And I will wait, I will wait for you Wait for now And I'll kneel down Know my ground 'Cause I will wait, I will wait for you Well I came home Like a stone And I fell heavy into your arms These days of dust

And I've been waiting in the weeds, Waiting for my time to come around again. And hope is floating on the breeze, Carrying my soul high up above the ground. And I've been keeping to myself, Knowing that the seasons are slowly changing. Even know you're

Just be as you are Be as you are, be as, be as you are But in times of trouble I can turn to my mother And I know that she gon' understand And she told me, young man There are moments when you fall to the ground But you are stronger than you feel you are

Piece by piece Piece by piece, he restored my faith But piece by piece, he collected me up Off the ground, where you abandoned things and Piece by piece he filled the holes that you burned in me Six years old and you know He never walks away He never