rewind
If only I could escape my mind
Bury the past or pretend that it’s different
And leave it behind
If only I could look into my eyes
See the young girl
Tell her that her heart shouldn’t be full of lies
I’m not trying to absolve myself from any crime
I’m owning the past
Every deed, every word
I’m not seeking salvation
From some god above
All I can do now
Is swear I’ll be true now to who I love
But sometimes I wish
I could reach out and turn back the arrow of time
Fix all the things that I’d broken
When I was still fucked up and blind
Long, long, long ago
When my heart was unkind
Honour the treasures I had then
And magically just push ‘rewind’
Every choice we make is like a seed
Growing a vine that extends to the future
We cannot impede it
Tendrils work their way down through the line
Of shadow and shame
And ancestors’ pain
That I wish was not mine
All I have to work with is the now
I send back through time all my love and forgiveness
For all of our failures
Send light from above
All I can do now
Is swear I’ll be true now to who I love
But sometimes I wish
I could reach out and turn back the arrow of time
Fix all the things that I’d broken
When I was still fucked up and blind
Long, long, long ago
When my heart was unkind
Honour the treasures I had then
And magically just push ‘rewind’