This song is about trying to help someone but not knowing how. As someone who works in a helping profession (I'm a pastor), this is a feeling that I've wrestled with a lot. What do you do when you don't know what to do? What do you say when you don't have the words?
lyrics
Oh I know that I'm supposed to know
I understand what you expect from me
That I will see secrets in the dark
Take the answers down from the answer tree
Oh I know that someone has to know
And I apologize for what I cannot be
This whole world is falling out of line
It's like the colors changed from what they used to be
CHORUS:
I have no regret, no excuse
no better yet
With these two arms
I'm reaching out for you
but you're too far away
BRIDGE:
There's a few things that I know
And they'll have to see me through
Take me to the other side
That's where I'll find you
credits
from The Atomic Swerve,
track released November 13, 2014
All words and music by Kevin Fitton. Performance by Kevin Fitton.
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