Shame For Someone Else

Shame For Someone Else




Guilt melts it's way inside of me, soaking my mind
Melting down into larger pools & flooding into my heart
As I see you recoil
As I see you withdraw from me
As you raise your hands in your own defense at my approach
My God, what's been done to you?

There are no words to guide me, to let me know
Heaven knows that all men are fools
Sometimes even I play the part in some way or other
It's a burden to carry.

Tonight I get no sleep, I lie here trying to make sense
Of how we all end up so alone
My God, who could have done this?

So I try for all I'm worth to redeem you
To pull you back in
I try for all you are worth
To give you back what should have never been taken away

I feel such shame from the actions of someone else
That I couldn't have been there to protect you
But even now you're afraid to allow it
And you raise your hands in your own defense
At my approach
My God, what's been done to you?

The more I've tried the more I've failed
The more I've tried to catch you the further behind I've fallen
I could never have fallen for anyone else
My God, it's a long twisting trail