I’ve been put through the ringer
With tears stinging my face
Been sent to hell and ran back
To the coast
Where I lost myself in waves
Found love for the first time
Lost it to fear
Lost innocence to fear
Lost friends to fear
Lost life to fear
I took a stab back at it
And tar leaked from my heart
Though what drained
Left sun to remain
Until being filled back up
Through comments by those I don’t love
Ran to New York City
Hoping I’d find my heart
But it didn’t find it in sin city
Or Vegas
Or Rome
Maybe I wasn’t looking hard enough
Maybe I didn’t care too much
Maybe I lost the will to search
Maybe I’ve lost too many people
Though when I came back from hell
I remember the fire
And manifested it into life
Inside myself yet all it did
Was turn happiness to anger
So I ran from flames to LA
To Paris
To London
And didn’t find anything in return
So I came back to the starting point
Michigan, four seasons, mackinaw, five lakes
And the tears that stung my face
Disappeared at the park I played at
The love that had my heart ache
Forgotten in the basement
The people I’ve missed
Hidden behind the iron fence
And the places that I’d travelled
They’d all make sense
Running away I found peace
To come back
And put myself together again
In the place where it all started at
So I stitched and pulled
And filled the holes
Until I was one
Until I was whole and started
On the right track again
Starting from square one
Though I was finally happy
First time embracing contentness
That I didn’t need to live life anymore
Searching for the end
