Relief

You keep on comin' back
Keep on keepin' score
You keep on askin' me
If I think that we're worth fightin' for

But I never really came all the way in
I never sat down
Because you wouldn't stop
Asking me why ah, ah why
Do I always break things? (I'm sorry)

It's not that I wasn't willin'
It's not that I couldn't feel
Maybe I shouldn't have hung around
For so long
Maybe I just should've bailed
But I was tryin' for the first time
Trying to give it time

Because all of my friends
Kept on saying
You gotta let someone in
To really learn
Why ah, ah why
Do I always break things? (I'm sorry)

First, there was the Northridge Earthquake
Then there was the drive-by hate crime
Then there was the hands of a guilty man
Thoughts inside of my head
I could not stop it, I could not stand

That's why
It's hard for me to trust sometimes
That's why

I bought a book about forgiveness
It promises to set me free
So I'm gonna take every single suggestion
Set our flare signal, and I need relief
Because I've gotta find some strength
Yes, I've gotta find some strength
I wanna find some strength
And somethin' other
Somethin' other, other than me

Got the wooden banister
I got the face of my Grandmother
I got the words of Oliver
Give me relief (I give you relief, I give you relief)
Give me relief (I give you relief, I give you relief)
Give a little relief (I give you relief, I give you relief)
Give a little relief (I give you relief, I give you relief)
Give a little relief (I give you relief, I give you relief)