Twisted Root

Take me back to that moment

When the twisted root started growing

I wanna chop it down right there in the dirt

And erase the way I made myself and others hurt

But I can’t go back in time

No matter how bad I wanna make it right

So help these roots grow straight

No matter how they twisted

No matter how I hate

How long I was afflicted

When I was sick and full of poison

Losing every battle

I could not reach the gate

I sunk back in the valley

From the twisted root

The curving spine

The wasted years

The rusted blade of time

The deepest cut of all

When I made my father cry

I wish it was enough then

To change my life

Twisted root

Twisted root

How do I stand here in this moment?

Let the pain roll in and try to own it

'Cause all I've ever done is sink down in the dirt

Underneath the way I made myself and others hurt

'Cause I can’t go back in time

No matter how bad I want to make it right

So help me stand up straight

And tilt the crooked picture

And not look at my face

And only see what I disfigured

From the years I filled with poison

In the shadow of the mountain

I could not find the gate

I sunk back in the valley

From the twisted root

The curving spine

The wasted years

The rusted blade of time

What I could not repair

What I could not unwind

Make it be enough now

To change my life

Twisted root

Twisted root

Twisted root