Understanding

[Spoken Intro]

You hold the answers deep within your own mind

Consciously, you've forgotten it

That's the way the human mind works

Whenever something is too unpleasant, too shameful for us to entertain, we reject it

We erase it from our memories

But the imprint is always there

[Verse 1]

The pain that grips you

The fear that binds you

Releases life in me

In our mutual

Shame we hide our eyes

To blind them from the truth

That finds a way from who we are

Please don't be afraid

When the darkness fades away

The dawn will break the silence

Screaming in our hearts

[Verse 2]

My love for you still grows

This I do for you

Before I try to fight the truth my final time

[Spoken]

We're supposed to try and be real

And when you feel alone, you are not together

And that is real

[Chorus 1]

Can't wash it all away

Can't wish it all away

Can't cry it all away

Can't scratch it all away

[Verse 3]

Lying beside you

Listening to you breathe

The life that flows inside of you

Burns inside of me

Hold and speak to me

Of love without a sound

Tell me you will live through this

And I will die for you

[Verse 4]

Cast me not away

Say you'll be with me

For I know I cannot

Bear it all alone

[Spoken]

You're not alone, honey

Never, never

[Chorus 2]

Can't fight it all away

Can't hope it all away

Can't scream it all away

It just won't fade away, no

[Chorus 1]

Can't wash it all away

Can't wish it all away

Can't cry it all away

Can't scratch it all away

[Chorus 3]

(Can't fight it all away)

(Can't hope it all away)

Can't scream it all away

Ooh, it all away

Ooh, it all away

[Spoken Outro]

But the imprint is always there

Nothing is ever really forgotten

(God, please don't hate me

Because I'll die if you do

Because I'll die if you do

Because I'll die if you do

Because I'll die if you do)