The Strength to Let Go - Switchfoot

Welcome home While away They have tampered with the locks And your things they rearranged "We propose A better way" Said the note they left behind In their wake of disarray You fell in place Don't fall asleep They'll find us here I know a place to disappear As a voice proclaimed What we are is the sum of a thousand lies What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are til the day we die Or til we don't have the strength to go on Til we don't have the strength to go o-o-on Let us cry Let us be Let us open up our hearts Without fear of anything Faith alone's All we need To traverse this burning bridge Now before it gets too late you claim, "it's fine" But the heart reveals What smiles betray Your sad, sad eyes gave you away And don't you know? What we are is the sum of a thousand lies What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are til the day we die Or til we don't have the strength to go on Til we don't have the strength to go o-o-on Our shoulders bear an awful weight But still we trudge on just the same Our colors run then leave a stain They blacken our once honest name How can we argue? Tell me Over the fury and the fire How many times can we tell you that we Are not like you, we see right through The poor disguise that fails to fool The wary eye is trained on you What we are is the sum of a thousand lives What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are til the day we die Or til we don't have the strength to go on Til we don't have the strength to go o-o-on What we are is the sum of a thousand lives What we know is almost nothing at all But we are what we are til the day we die Or til we don't have the strength to go on Til we don't have the strength to go o-on Yeah, we don't have the strength to go o-o-on

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It's true, I am built like a tree My branches reach out And my roots dig into everything around me I've no use for tears And you've noticed I fear almost everything I don't have the option to break Cause all of the people I love have their lives at stake I feel so selfish I feel so insecure when I'm in pain Please don't hold me I wouldn't know how to let go When the forest inside my heart continues to grow And the roots will dig into your soul I wanna go home I am a shapeshifter too All of my colors can change if you want them to Suited for you All of my roots help me choose who to be I don't have control of my past And even though I know that, I still feel at fault For the things I've been through I still would be sorry if it wasn't for you Please don't hold me I wouldn't know how to let go When the forest inside my heart continues to grow And the roots will dig into your soul I wanna go home I am the daughter of cups Everything to offer, but it's never enough I'll give you my soul if it means I will fill up that hole in your heart Please don't hold me I'm still learning how to let go When the forest inside my heart continues to grow And the roots will dig into your soul I wanna go home I will never know if you're sorry You will never know how you hurt me And I wonder if you think about the nights we spent on concrete floors Or the words you said behind closed doors I am protecting my heart Digging up my roots to replant for a start I shake your hand Make peace with the land that you held over me Which you'll never see