truth be told

there's nothing good within me

if i'm honest

and if i'm honest

there are times

i will try

to dress up all my darkness

and make it seem like it was light

all along

but it's a lie

if truth be told

i'm nothing

on my own

the only thing i know for sure

is that i don't know a thing

to be sure

if you only knew

what i've been prone to do

you'd run far and fast away

from me

oh god

hear my plea

cause all i see

is this darkness that is buried

within me

so darling don't dare trust me

if i say i'm ok

if truth be told

i do the things

that i hate everyday

anyway

if ever i may think

myself to be more than a wretched man

forgive me

and please don't let me

ruin myself once again with these chains

that i cannot sever

i'll do whatever it takes just to make sure

my head stays above

this water that is filling my lungs

if only i could do

the good i want to do

i'd leave this place forever

and i would never

turn back around just to fight this old war

because i'm broken and i'm begging

for something more