I'll Be Alright

I guess it took this long
To let you go
Must have had me hooked, Like a strip of Velcro
From the jump I fell
Hell I almost broke my toes
In hind sight
I really wished it was my jaw bone
Because I said too much
If I'da had it wired shut
It would have benefited sh*t Instead of messing up
Maybe we would be different
Switched it up for both of us
But instead I spoke till we were crushed
Broke and turned to dust
Now it's a joke and trust
I'm smoking like its both of us
Feeling like the rope is snug
Tugging till it chokes my lungs
What about the rug
Under my feet that you pulled up
Flipped me a 360
Till the concrete kissed me on my butt
But that was not enough
And all those knots were not enough
To tie down all my feelings
I must've unknotted nine of them
You broke the chains
And now I'm changing out the weakest link
I see we're rearranged
You're in my range but out of my reach

When you're standing with your back to the wall
Foot's to the edge and you're ready to fall
Say ill be alright (I'll be alright) Say ill be alright (I'll be alright)

If I could find a time machine I'd do it all different
I'd go back and tell myself "Boy sit down listen
Everything your father says
Is for your own good
You don't know sh*t
You're just a kid, understood"
And someday you'll meet a girl
And think she is an angel
And one day she'll be your world
The next day a stranger
Before you know it
She'll just be a b*tch who broke your heart
But that's ok cuz I brought stitches
It won't fall apart
And never mind the gun
You find under your mattress
The act you did when you got mad
Will just expand your atlas
Though at the time
You'll be the psycho out the loony bin
Next thing you know
That shot will shoot your ass to England
And then you'll meet friends
That you would have never had
And those friends become family
And more than that
Before you know it
You go signing foreign autographs
Who would have thought a broken heart would snap
And get a passport stamp

I'm so glad
I've made the mistakes I have made
Cuz this light wouldn't exist without the shade
Cuz this drive
Wouldn't exist with out the brakes
I basically closed my eyes
And drove through the caution tape
I've always known
Everything happens for a reason
Even if in the beginning days
You don't see it
Sometimes you have to be cut down
Before you grow
But that's something that' you'll never know
Until you're shown
At nights I lay in bed
Feeling all alone
Inside my mind remind myself
You're a Rolling Stone
Your not alone it's what you've chose
You got the whole world
In your hands, so don't just stand there
Make it twirl
While you're at it
Feel the magic, take the jump shot
Slam dunk it in that punks face
Why not
After all You've always read
The writing on the wall
But now you're writing it
So you're not reading at all