Debts - The Honest Heart Collective

It took me years to find True mind at peace And now you treat me like They approve me You're my poem Yes, you know Yet you stole my way Just to know this You told me You were late When you would call I would hold And I still remain Then you led me to believe that's what you wanted Pay my debts away Pay my debts Pay my debts away Pay my debts away Pay my debts Pay my debts away True love But I'd see you Treat me more like you And I'd try to heal it But I feel so thrown back Take my hand In the cold In the snow But you do not break But they told you Convinced you Think I'd play But I know myself better than you do Pay my debts away Pay my debts Pay my debts away Pay my debts away Pay my debts Pay my debts away May May calling slow Finally in a dress that meant Money in the bank, well Drinking hard so you Can't feel the warmth of the arms So you dreamt Fade away Take my hand I paid my fine In the park In the dark When you said my name On the bench When I felt That you smiled And you said there That child Pay my debts away Pay my debts Pay my debts away Pay my debts away Pay my debts Pay my debts away Pay my debts away Pay my debts Pay my debts away Pay my debts away Pay my debts Pay my debts away

Honey, honey get the kids in the car now, put the cash in the trunk, get the keys let's go Hit the biggest bank in Chicago for all it had, we're the thieves you know Remember the thing that I told ya, three years, two moons ago? Promise I'll be right behind you, but you're gonna die if you don't hit the road Keep your lights down, keep your voice down low Wear your hair down, whichever way you go And I'll meet you in Idaho Three kids in the back of a Cadi, she said, "Come here and kiss your wife" And I know you're real mad at me, but you're on your way to some kind of life Daniel, John, and Abbi, promise me you'll treat your mother nice Keep your lights down, keep your voice down low Wear your hair down, whichever way you go And I'll meet you in Idaho And I know you'll miss me, I'm barely fifty Ain't comin' with me are all the debts I owe Don't have to kiss me just bare with me And I'll be back someday I hope And I know you'll miss me, I'm barely fifty Ain't comin' with me are all the debts I owe Don't have to kiss me just bare with me And I'll be back someday I hope Oh, I hope, oh, I hope

As much as this hurts to admit Could you keep it secret? I'm an act, it's a front, just a boy out for blood So nobody can see I'm desperately avoiding bitter disappointment Tell me if it starts to show Them flashing lights are boring, probably should ignore 'em Anyways please take me home I spent my whole life trying to get here Do I even want it now? Should've tempered all my expectations Or been somebody else Since all this blood, I've been tasting Suffocates me now Over a decade under the influence of a teenage obsession Being lead by the wrist, eyes wild, raised fist A punk without a message desperately avoiding bitter disappointment Yeah, I guess you've always known Them flashing lights were all I ever really wanted They'd rather blind us both I spent my whole life trying to get here Do I even want it now? Should've tempered all my expectations Or been somebody else Since all this blood, I've been tasting Suffocates me now I'm desperately avoiding bitter disappointment I'm desperately avoiding bitter disappointment I spent my whole life trying to get here Do I even want it now? Should've tempered all my expectations Or been somebody else I spent my whole life trying to get here And I even let you down All this blood I've been tasting Suffocates me now

You always know what I'm thinking But you never really wanted to hear You can blame whoever you like Standing where you were last year Well I've said it before, so I'll say it again Have you looked in the mirror? That ain't your friend You say you're fine But I don't believe it There's always something with you I can feel those words that you're breathing They're the furthest thing away from the truth Though I know that there's a reason I tell myself that something is wrong With me, yeah, with me There's always something with you In every room you walk into You're looking for a fight Tell me kid, do you feel alive? Lost yourself to an anxious pride It'll be okay just admit you lie When you say, you're fine Truth is, you're tired Well you say, you're fine But I don't believe it There's always something with you I can feel those words that you're breathing They're the furthest thing away from the truth Our reflections can't keep secrets When you walk away they're following you Though I know that there's a reason I tell myself that something is wrong With me, yeah, with me yeah Wrong with me, yeah There's always something with you There's always something with you You say, you're fine But I don't believe it (There's always something with you) You say, you're fine But I don't believe it There's always something with you I can feel those words that you're breathing They're the furthest thing away from the truth Our reflections can't keep secrets When you walk away they're following you God I know that there's a reason There's a reason why I know Oh I hope that there's a reason. I tell myself that something is wrong With me, yeah, with me yeah Wrong with me, yeah Wrong with me, yeah, with me yeah Wrong

I met you out in the valley Where young lovers go to find themselves I caught you there feeling scared And unaware, of how to love somebody else Like the wolves that howl in the dead of the night I can hear you crying out for more Believe me I understand If you wanna leave well there's the door I'm sorry darling I can't help you anymore It's time you looked after yourself Be strong, be sure So if you wanna leave well there's the door Yeah yeah well there's the door You don't have to go by yourself No one makes it through this valley alone See there's scavengers up on the eastern ridge And they'll be hustlin' all night long If you wanna leave well there's the door I'm sorry darling I can't help you anymore It's time you looked after yourself Be strong, be sure So if you wanna leave well there's the door Yeah yeah well there's the door I met you out in the valley Where young lovers go to find themselves If you wanna leave well there's the door I'm sorry darling I can't help you anymore It's time you looked after yourself Be strong, be sure, So if you wanna leave well there's the door Yeah if you wanna leave well there's the door I'm sorry darling I can't help you anymore It's time you looked after yourself Be strong, be sure So if you wanna leave well there's the door Yeah yeah well there's the door Yeah yeah well there's the door