Walking Wounded (6:20)

WALKING WOUNDED
My heart has scars made by your hands
Wounds so deep they keep opening
You came to show what sharp edges do
The daggers that pierced you, pressed into me too
You made a Minefield of me,
hidden destructions buried so deep
So deep I can't recall where I'm keeping them all
but I see the devastation they leave.
The war is over but the battle rages on
no matter which side of the line you're on

We're all Walking Wounded
not bad, just so broken
We're all Walking Wounded
I've been drinking poison and waiting for the end
of you
If I let this go it doesn't mean you don't own it-
It means it doesn't own me
If I let this go it doesn't mean it didn't happen-
It means it's not still happening

The Shadow of a Thief sought to steal my Light from me
You entered my home but I still hold the key
I built an iron fence and locked myself in
so I'd never be caught in those clutches again
But now I can't tell if I'm in heaven or hell
or which side of the cell I'm in

We're all Walking Wounded
not bad, just so broken
We're all Walking Wounded
How can I beg for grace then turn around
and deny you the same?
If I let this go it doesn't mean you don't own it-
It means it doesn't own me
If I let this go it doesn't mean it didn't happen
It means it's not still happening

I untie, I untie
I untie the weight of a dead man I've been carrying
I untie the debt you could never repay anyway
I untie the crimes you made in my name
and all the times I let you do it again
Untie the strangling, Unitie the tangling
Untie the mangling, the shame and the blaming
Untie the hold you had on me

I release, go in peace
I release, go in peace