Relief

You keep on coming back

keep on keeping score

You keep on asking me

If I think that we're worth fighting for

but I never really came

all the way in

I never sat down

Because you wouldn't stop

asking me

Why -- -- --

do I always break things?

It's not that I wasn't willing

It's not that I couldn't feel

Maybe I shouldn't have hung around

for so long

Maybe I just should've bailed

But I was trying for the first time

Trying to give it time

Because all of my friends

kept on saying

you gotta let someone in

To really learn

Why -- -- --

do I always break things?

First there was the Northridge Earthquake

Then there was the drive-by hate crime

Then there was the hands of a guilty man

Thoughts inside of my head

I could not stop it

I could not stand

That's why

It's hard for me to trust sometimes

That's why

I bought a book about forgiveness

It promises to set me free

So I'm gonna take

every single suggestion

Set our flare signal

and I need relief

Because I've gotta find some strength

Yes I've gotta find some strength

I wanna find some strength

And something other

something other than me

Got the wooden bannister

I got the face of my grandmother

I got the words of Oliver

Give me relief

Give me relief

Give a little relief

Give a little relief

Give a little relief