THE LESSON

Is it over You walked the bridge Confronted fear Took a while to find But I found it in time In the shadow surrounding me here You had to go But I recall when you'd reappear Thought I was so wise But it was hidden in disguise In the shadow surrounding me here Took a while to notice Took a while to connect the wrongs But the reason was mine to find How could I be so blind When the point It was there all along Thought the lesson was yours Found the lesson was mine Emerging in the shadows There's a place for tomorrow And I hope that in time I return Thought the lesson was yours Found the lesson was mine So for now, I'm on my own Till I make it home See you down the road So I learned Forever I will hold the hope You left for me Took a while to comprehend But I learned how in the end To carry pain with dignity And I remember When we turned the page And let things be The chasm on the inside How it helped me to realise There's a place for empathy Though it made me a better man Doesn't change that I wait for you still 'Cause into the world I went Where I carried my regret And a void That the world couldn't fill Thought the lesson was yours Found the lesson was mine Emerging in the shadows There's a place for tomorrow And I hope that in time I return Thought the lesson was yours Found the lesson was mine So for now, I'm on my own Till I make it home See you down the road So I learned And I learned How I learned