This song is about how your past mistakes can hold you captive, and stop you from moving forward.
lyrics
I see the lives out on my street
Thinking about what I can't reach
I'm walking Sunday, home from church
If I have love, why does it hurt
I see it in your eyes
All the ways you compromise
Anything to see, a bit of sun
I hate what it's done to you
All the things you'll never do
Your past holds you like, a loaded gun
I walk these lonely streets at night
I see you by the fire light
Do you see me like I see you
I think most days you just look through
I see it in your eyes
All the ways you compromise
Anything to see, a bit of sun
I hate what it's done to you
All the things you'll never do
Your past holds you like, a loaded gun
I'm running out of what I need
My hopes are dying like the trees
Asleep but now I am awake
And it all seems too late, too late
I see it in your eyes
All the ways you compromise
Anything to see, a bit of sun
I hate what it's done to you
All the things you'll never do
Your past holds you like, a loaded gun
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