Oh baby I'm yours But I tore down my walls And opened my doors And made room for one So baby I'm yours 'Cause I've had my heart Broken before And I promised I would never Let me hurt anymore

(Open your eyes before you die) We're here because of you We're here because you were there We've arrived from every corner of the planet to this nation To seek the fulfillment of a promise of America We were promised a better life in our home

It falls on me It all falls on me, brings me to my knees This feeling that's inside Where's the peace that you promised me? You promised me Desolation fills this hollow heart Seeking all the answers, as we drift apart Where is the light? Where's the

Tearing me inside I wasn't promised a thing You keep mocking me But you will never again Before you know it, after you're gone Giving into what has got me Feeling claustrophobic, scarred Severed me from all emotion

If someone said three years from now You'd be long gone I'd stand up and punch them out You took my hand, you showed me how You promised me you'd be around Uh huh, that's right I took your words, and I believed

I see who you are and who else can compare I meant what I said I promised to stand by your side Until the end That's where we begin From here to eternity We begin understanding It is our hearts that define What has meaning in life

Tearing me inside I wasn't promised a thing You keep mocking me But you will never again Before you know it, after you're gone Giving into what has got me Feeling claustrophobic, scarred Severed me from all emotion

I promised I'd be good The road to Hell is paved with good intentions So when I fall, I will fall to you But I can't help myself from these temptations When they come, there's nothing I can do I got something to say A confession of me I've been led

And the mother we share will never keep your proud head from falling The way is long but you can make it easy on me And the mother we share will never keep our cold hearts from calling I'm in misery but you can't see, as old as your omens Never took your

You bury it, bury it, bury it and rise above I never promised you anything I couldn't do We tried to bury it and rise above, bury it and rise above You, you, you never promised me you were seeing differently Bury it and rise above, bury it and rise above