Then one that remains unchanging
Like skin that's burnt by frost
It'll peel if I pull away
It hurts to hold or let go
As I'm trying to sustain
Like feeling hunger pangs and eating bone to stay alive
It tears me apart inside but it seems like the better way to get by
Like a broken hourglass they fell
Cutting sand through my fingers down the deepest well
I know the toll it takes
But I won't let you go
The past I can't replace
Is all that you'll ever know
There is no turning back
I can't fix what I broke
The past I can't replace
Is all that you'll ever know
You're a part of me that I may never be able to repair
Like a lung that's collapsed
I'll always know that you're still there
Always surrounding my heart
Even if it rejects air
I know the toll it takes
But I won't let you go
The past I can't replace
Is all that you'll ever know
There is no turning back
I can't fix what I broke
The past I can't replace
Is all that you'll ever know
The true sentence I still face
Is one I brought upon myself
Lost in a dark cell
They said it's easiest to just numb yourself and let go
But these open wounds will forever feel fresh
And I refuse to let them close yet
I know the toll it takes
But I won't let you go
The past I can't replace
Is all that you'll ever know
There is no turning back
I can't fix what I broke
The past I can't replace
Is all that you'll ever know
I know the toll it takes
But I won't let you go
There's a sentence they gave me Then one that remains unchanging Like skin that's burnt by frost It'll peel if I pull away It hurts to hold or let go As I'm trying to sustain Like feeling hunger pangs and eating bone to stay alive It tears me apart inside but it seems like the better way to get by Like a broken hourglass they fell Cutting sand through my fingers down the deepest well I know the toll it takes But I won't let you go The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know There is no turning back I can't fix what I broke The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know You're a part of me that I may never be able to repair Like a lung that's collapsed I'll always know that you're still there Always surrounding my heart Even if it rejects air I know the toll it takes But I won't let you go The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know There is no turning back I can't fix what I broke The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know The true sentence I still face Is one I brought upon myself Lost in a dark cell They said it's easiest to just numb yourself and let go But these open wounds will forever feel fresh And I refuse to let them close yet I know the toll it takes But I won't let you go The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know There is no turning back I can't fix what I broke The past I can't replace Is all that you'll ever know I know the toll it takes But I won't let you go Explain Request ×
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