It starts simply Nice and slow But the current grows so quickly Skipping stones I didn't throw You're sinking beneath me I try my best to pull you in I'm kicking and screaming, you slip And I wake up in a sweat To see you're next to me Still quietly in bed But I know I'll fail you again I've got this weight on my chest Just dying to breathe I know I'll fail you again And I feel that hand at my neck And it's only a dream But I know I'll fail you again The worst is It happens twice every time How perfect I'm terrified, ever violent sequence Repeating before my eyes This can't be right I'm speechless and weakened And when it ends I wake up in a sweat To see you're next to me Still quietly in bed But I know I'll fail you again I've got this weight on my chest Just dying to breathe I know I'll fail you again And I feel that hand at my neck And it's only a dream And I'm afraid to sleep at night 'Cause every time I close my eyes, I'm fighting So get me out, get me out Cut me open, bleed me dry I'd rather that than have to see you crying Get me out, just get me out Of all these dreams you die in But I know I'll fail you again I've got this weight on my chest Just dying to breathe I know I'll fail you again And I feel that hand at my neck And it's only a dream And now I'm afraid to sleep at night 'Cause every time I close my eyes I'll fail you again And I feel that hand at my neck And it's only a dream But I know I'll fail you again

I'll never fail you Whatever may be I'll never fail you Depend upon me I'll see them all through The things you've planned But if they fall through I'll understand And when shadows trail you I'll bring you the sun I'll never fail you There's no other one I'm yours forever We never will part I'll never, never fail you, sweetheart

These quiet words, they carry me away Returning They keep coming back In idle thoughts and hollow cutaways Disarm me No will to attack Though the sorrow and fear they may depart you today I will fail you Of that I'm sure I will remind you of the pain forevermore And when my sins are just a memory Faith restored I will fail you To the core Lost in the shadow of an endless grace Relentless My reign is unbound In this abandon I will devastate Dismember 'Til agony's found Though the sorrow and fear they may depart you today I will fail you Of that I'm sure I will remind you of the pain forevermore And when my sins are just a memory Faith restored I will fail you To the core I know they prey upon me I feel them just beyond my door I will fail you Of that I'm sure I will remind you of the pain forevermore And when my sins are just a memory Faith restored I will fail you To the core I will fail you Of that I'm sure I will remind you of the pain forevermore And when my sins are just a memory Faith restored I will fail you To the core

I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now Salt is sweet upon my mouth And dark throws sparks against my house The state of love is a smudge on my brow But you see through me and you can't fail me now When you see right through me, you can't fail me now I've bit off more than I can chew It's something that I tend to do When fewer words are what we need and how Oh, you bite my tongue and you can't fail me now I rant and rail but you can't fail me now I've lost the thread among the vines And hung myself in storylines That tell the tales I never would allow God knows the name of every bird That fills my mind like angry words But you know all my secret heart avows We're taught to love the worst of us And mercy more than life but trust me Mercy's just a warning shot across the bow I live for yours and you can't fail me now I live for your mercy, you can't fail me now You can't fail me now

Oh, yeah What a song, what a song to sing And I'm singin' my song, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing a song, yeah, yeah, yeah She faced the hardest times you would imagine And many times her eyes fought back the tears, yeah, yeah And when her youthful world was about to fall in Each time her slender shoulders Bore the weight of all her fears and a sorrow no one hear Still rings in midnight silence in her ear Let her cry for she's a lady Let her dream, she's a child Let the rain fall down upon her She's a free and gentle flower growin' wild And if by chance I should hold her, hold her Let me, let me hold her for a little while And if I had but one possession, possession I would take her from the garden to be mine, oh, yeah, yeah Be careful how you touch her for she night awaken And sleep is the only freedom that the little girl knows And when you walk into your eyes, you won't believe The way she's always payin' For a debt she never, never owed And the silent wind still blows But only she can hear, and so she goes Let her cry, oh, for she's a lady Let her dream, she is a child Let the rain fall down upon her She's a free and gentle flower growin' wild Let her cry, cry for she's a lady Let her dream and dream and dream and dream, she's a child Let the rain fall down upon her She's a free and gentle flower growin' wild She's, she's, she's a free and gentle flower, yeah, yeah I'ma tell the world about my wildflower, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Growin', growin', growin', yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh, yeah, yeah Growin', growin', growin', yeah, growin' wild She's a flower growin', growin' wild She's a flower growin', growin' wild She's a flower growin', growin' wild She's a flower growin' wild Wild, wild, la-la, growin' wild Wild, wild, la-la, growin' wild Wild, wild, la-la, growin' wild Wild, wild, la-la, growin' wild

You're the sweetest thing I know You dim the rainbow's glow There's no power on this earth To separate us, baby 'Cause you are my sunshine And you are, you are, you are mine, all mine, yeah (You are mine, all mine) When it rained on my parade You were there to lighten the way You're rare as a rose in winter You're more, more than I deserve 'Cause you, you are (You are my sunshine) You brighten up my darkest day yeah, you (You are mine, all mine) You're mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine Baby, it's you Words like darling, sweetheart, forever Girl it's you I'll always adore They only say I love you But you mean so much more 'Cause you are, you are, you are, you are (You are my sunshine) You're my sunshine, my sunshine Baby, baby, you are, you're mine (You are mine, all mine) All mine, all mine, all mine, all mine Hey you, you are (You are my sunshine) You're my sunshine, sunshine, sunshine And you're everything to me, all my [Incomprehensible] (You're mine, all mine) I gotta love you sweety, honey, baby (You are my sunshine) You are, you are, you are You're my sunshine, my sunshine, my sunshine You are (You are my sunshine) You're mine