If we are painstaking about this phase of our development
We will intuitively know how to handle situations

Things that I have done, then haven't
Staring at the empty page before me
But the truth shall set you free
No matter how far down the scale we have gone

The truth is the truth
Thinking 'bout the dreaded task in store for me
Could this be the begin of the end
When you think it's too late
Sometimes you've got to be wrong
We will be amazed before we are half way through
Revealing hurt for shame and deep lament

As the pen begins to trace my darkest past
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it
Learn the hard way

For that to portray, I'm sure
Self seeking will slip away
Fear of people and economic insecurity will leave us
Just when you're through hanging on
You're only as sick as your secrets
I once thought it better to regret
Sometimes you've got to be wrong
And gain interest in our fellows
A bitter fear at the thought of my amends
Signs throughout my life that should have warned me
Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change

Of all the wrongs I've done for which I must repent
Which used to baffle us, we will suddenly realize that

Sometimes you've got to be strong
We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness
We will lose interest in selfish things
Things that I have done, then haven't
Misinterpreted promises, we think
Staring at the finished page before me
Overwhelming sorrow now absorbs me
You're saved
All the damage now so clear and evident
Cleaning up my dirty side of this un-swept street

Patterns of my life I thought had torn me
We will see how our experience can benefit others

I once thought it better to regret

To face my past and ask for forgiveness
Helping for any one's touch
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace
That feeling of uselessness and self pity will disappear

Learn the hard way
All the years of wreckage running through my head
You're only one
God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves

All you can do is live with it

Hoping that the step will help restore me