I Take It Back

I'm not quite what I was
Cause I thought I knew the problems
But I was so wrong because
I overlooked the pain that I was causing

I used to say all we need is a little more faith
All we need is a little more progress
I used to say let me see, pack me up, let me go
I was bold I was blind I was faultless
Where's the problem let me fix it

I take it back I didn't wanna know
But every word you say just makes me more responsible
Speaking form experience I know
That my experience is small
I couldn't run away, couldn't change my mind
Couldn't make it seem like all of this was not my fault

But these days I've given up
Just stay home and save the effort
Cause I was not strong enough
To comprehend your pain to feel the pressure

I used to say all we need is a little more faith
All we need is a little more progress
But now I'm stuck in a rut with a ghost and a saint
Wonder where the world went without us
Without us

I take it back I didn't wanna know
But every word you say just makes me more responsible
Speaking form experience I know
That my experience is small
I couldn't run away, couldn't change my mind
Couldn't make it seem like all of this was not my fault

And every word I'd call myself
Makes a steady contribution
To the pain and the oppression I've never felt
I'm just another rich, white, man
Asserting the power and the privilege that I control
On everybody else
Oh the secrets that I've learned about myself

I take it back I didn't wanna know
But every word you say just makes me more responsible
Speaking form experience I know
That my experience is small
I couldn't run away, couldn't change my mind
Couldn't make it seem like all of this was not my fault