After a Scene

after a scene it's clear to me
things fall apart: they're meant to be that way
we don't wait for the shell to break
we make it explode as we give and we take

i took away what mattered to you
it wasn't something that i wanted to do: i knew
it was wrong and i let it all go and i know
it's probably something i'll always pay for

in a way, i believe no day counts but today
all these minutes will pass but it's all just the same
my name is what it is and i will never change on the inside
i'll try to hide but truth always wins

it's a growing up, each factor affects us all differently
we don't understand why we're living so distantly
from ourselves, each other, the way we look in the mirror
don't see between the lines, when you just disappear

in the words in your mind repeating echoing reverb
swerve right off the road as the wheel takes a turn for the worst
or so you think in the heat of it all, you fall, only to bring love out once and for all

sooner or later you begin to see as the dust clears
who was there, when was then, and now whoever is here
in living color in the moment, and you state for the record
your mistakes were hidden lessons you should never regret

don't let the past remind you of what was and is not
legends grow we make believe and we get what we want
in the end, it is a silence and the memories fade
all we made will be forgotten and our promises break

because all things that live have to die eventually
so live on in your love, and your truth will set you free
pretending will only get you down so miserably
so relax and let go and admit your defeat

and get stronger
get stronger
after a scene

start to see
that you are you, and you are as real as can be