"Forgiveness" lyrics

So you don't wanna talk about it
Wanna sweep it under the rug
You find it hard to laugh about it
Like a dam trying to hold back a flood

Well, you know this is gonna be hard for me
It's probably gonna make us all tired and lonely
You said some things I won't be able to forget
I said some things that I might come to regret

Forgiveness, true forgiveness
May take a fight, may take a few nights
It's the very best way to shine your light
Forgiveness

Sometimes it's hard to admit the truth
Of all our anger and sadness
It's easier to stay in the lies of our youth
And pretend like nothing ever happened

When the monsters from the movie screens
And the villains in all of our imaginings
Are just diversions from the cold, hard facts
That sometimes we cut each other like a battle axe

Forgiveness, true forgiveness
May take a fight, may take a few nights
It's the very best way to shine your light
Forgiveness

Lose time, end of the line
Take you down to your last dime
Bitterness and grievance can eat you alive
Even if they don't meet you halfway
You'll die a better soul if you do it anyway

Forgiveness, true forgiveness
May take a fight, may take a few nights
It's the very best way to shine your light
Forgiveness

Forgiveness, true forgiveness
Forgiveness, true forgiveness