"Salutations" lyrics

I can't figure out
How I'm ever gonna do without
Salutation's gonna do me right
You made a mess of me
And so I finally need to set you free
Cuz life's not living if I can't be me

And we may change just like the weather
We are smooth like silk but tough like leather

Don't beat up your heart, nothing's guaranteed from the start
Validation's gonna take some time
It ain't what it seems
A congregation of my broken dreams
Validation's gonna do me right

And we may change just like the weather
We are smooth like silk but tough like leather

Salutations, have some patience
Time's gonna wash this all away, baby
The things that break us, they soon will save us
We'll both be better off this way

And it ain't easy moving on
But when something goes wrong
Something goes wrong
And you can only go so far
Trying to make up for mistakes
That brought us back to where we are

Salutations, have some patience
Time's gonna wash this all away, baby
The things that break us, they soon will save us
We'll both be better off this way