From the Past

Here we are again
Spinning round my brain
Words said long ago in anger
Echoes of the pain
I feel the dragging tide
Wrestling with my pride
Pulling hopes and dreams asunder
The ground gives way I'm going under

Every time I slip and fall
I say "Once and for all that's the last"
But the doubts they gather round
I wear them like a shroud
Or a mask
Waiting for the day when I break away from the past

There's a box inside my head
Crammed tight with what you said
I've kept it safe for years
And I've fed it with my fears
Well, I know that the time is right
'Cos I'm hot like dynamite
Gonna take that case
And blow it up into outer space

Well, you've nothing at all to fear
As I lose petty smears
In the blast
I'm not looking to take revenge
That road is at an end
At long last
No, I won't look back as I break away from the past

Well, you've nothing at all to fear
'Cept the wishing that I'm near
There's no chance
I'm not looking to take revenge
That road is at an end
At long last
No, I won't look back as I break away from the past