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’