The Past

The shadows froze, the days, they're limbery I hear the echoes, though they disappear Memories, like ghosts, won't let me be The past keeps haunting me, endlessly I try to run, but it pulls me back Like a train on a broken track I thought I left it far behind But it's still playing in my mind The past, the past, it won't let go The scars remain from long ago I've tried to heal, I've tried to grow But pieces of me still don't know How to move on, how to break free From the chains that's wrapped around me The past, the past, it's hard to see But maybe it's part of who I'll be There are pages torn, that I can't rewrite Some mistakes I've made, I lost the fight But in the dark, I found my way And I learned from every yesterday And I felt you made me strong And I've carried it for so long And now I see it shake my soul The past has made me whole The past, the past, it won't let go The scars remain from long ago I've tried to heal, I've tried to grow But pieces of me still don't know How to move on, how to break free From the chains that's wrapped around me The past, the past, it's hard to see But maybe it's part of who I'll be Now I don't feel what lies behind It's a lesson, not a bind I'll carry it with strength and grace As I face a new embrace The past, the past, it won't let go The scars remain from long ago I've tried to heal, I've tried to grow But pieces of me still don't know How to move on, how to break free From the chains that's wrapped around me The past, the past, it's hard to see But maybe it's part of who I'll be Now I don't feel what lies behind It's a lesson, not a bind I'll carry it with strength and grace As I face a new embrace For sorrows of yesterday Still linger here I hear the echoes though they disappear Memories like ghosts won't let me be The past keeps haunting me endlessly I try to run but it pulls me back Like a train on a broken track I thought I left it far behind But it's still playing in my mind The past, the past, it won't let go The scars remain from long ago I've tried to heal, I've tried to grow But pieces of me still don't know How to move on, how to break free From the chains that's wrapped around me The past, the past, it's hard to see But maybe it's part of who I'll be There are pages torn that I can't rewrite Some mistakes I made, I put off the fight But in the dark I find my way, and I wake And I learn from every yesterday The pain I felt, it made me strong I've carried it for so long But now I see it changed my soul The past has made me whole The past, the past, it won't let go The scars remain from long ago I've tried to heal, I've tried to grow But pieces of me still don't know How to move on, how to break free From the chains that's wrapped around me The past, the past, it's hard to see But maybe it's part of who I'll be Now I don't feel what lies behind It's a lesson not a point I'll carry it with strength and grace As I face a new embrace The past, the past, it won't let go The scars remain from long ago I've tried to heal, I've tried to grow But pieces of me still don't know How to move on, how to break free From the chains that's wrapped around me The past, the past, it's hard to see