This Side of Heaven

Last night around ten he called her again
Unanswered like all of the rest
He's starting to doubt that this can work out
Ending might be for the best
If she answered today, what could he say
To undo all this he's begun
So the weight pulls him down and he slowly drowns
In the bottomless sea of undone

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And he carries the weight
Of could haves and should haves
Failed tries and no tries at all
Of missteps and half steps, mistakes and regrets Trips and of stumbles and falls
And if somebody says he's forgiven
Or if he forgives anyone else
Won't matter on this side of heaven
Until he's forgiven himself

She lays on the bed and turns back her head
From the clock and the time standing still
She prays that somehow she'll escape here and now
But she's certain that she never will
She just wouldn't know where else to go
And she thinks she deserves what she gets
So the weight pulls her down and she slowly drowns
In the ocean of silent regrets
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Everyone's carried a burden
Everyone's been weighted down
But some people lay where they've fallen
While others get up off the ground
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