Anything But Strong

Why do you hurt yourself?

You do it very well

You do it so politely

That you couldn't even tell

When everything has changed

You think you're not to blame

How come you keep on talking

When the whole thing feels so strange?

But seeing is not the same as believing

When everything goes wrong

You're anything but strong

It's all bittersweet outside in the street

The grass is growing greener underneath your feet

We come and go the deep water flows

Tiny leaves from small seeds to tall trees do grow

But wanting is not the samething as needing

There's no need to pretend

You can't turn back again

And loving is so different to keeping

The hurting that we send is so difficult to mend

Hold on to the good things

That keep you from falling down

Hold on the the good things

That keep you from falling down

How my heart aches (how my heart aches)

More than I can take (more than I can take)

What are we really learning

When we make the same mistakes?

Where is your hope? (Where is your hope?)

It's all gone up in smoke

You used to be so funny

Now it's just the same old joke

And laughing is so very close to crying

When there's nothing to defend

It gets you in the end

And living is so very close to dying

You struggle on and on to find where you belong

Where do you belong?