coming to terms with the past...
i’m coming to terms with the past

someone once gave me
a box full of darkness
this too was a gift

for it was what made me
the person i am
today

the black dog, my old friend
faithful companion
still sits at my heel

grace and strength he taught me
as we danced and we fought and we
rolled on the ground

and i learned to face my demons
wrestling them endlessly
round after round

but music, she saved me
her unbroken melody
was the only thing i could feel

through all of the tears i shed
and each time my heart bled
while i was dying inside

many the times i wished
many the times i prayed
for this life of suffering to end

somehow i stayed alive
my story i must still write
it has a message to send

without all the hurt and pain
that shaped who i became
i would not be the same

so to all who have crossed my path
today i raise my glass
and i make my peace at last

remembering bygone days
letting old scars fade
releasing the past

coming to terms, coming to terms
coming to terms with the past

coming to terms, coming to terms
coming to terms with the past

i’m coming to terms with the past
i’m coming to terms with the past

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