After All

I tried so hard
To figure it out
To find a way out without
Casualties
But this is war
Tried so hard
Tried so hard

Every day is war
In my chariot

I used to think so much about how you feel or what I say
I used to think so much about not hurting you
But I have to tell you how I feel
I have to tell you
I can't do acrobatics trying to bend over and figure it out
A way to not hurt you

I will hurt you
I won't try not to
I won't hurt you
If I can help it
But I do

It hurts to know your worth
It hurts to know your worth
It hurts to know your worth

How do I make the personal universal?
How do I make the personal universal?

Let me find my place
Let me run my race
Let me clean my space
Let me love
Let me love
Awake

I tried so hard
To figure it out
To find a way out without
Casualties
But this is war
This is war
War
This is war

You're right where you need to be
You're the remedy
You dress your own wounds
You dress your bed
Don't shy away from your blade
Cut clean
Sharpen your steel

Fight but do not resist
Fight but do not resist
Fight but do not resist
Do not resist
Do not resist

After all these things
After all this time
After all I don't try so hard (I don't try so hard)

Don't try so hard
To figure it out
To find a way without
Casualties
This is war
This is war
This is war
After all