Letting Go

[Verse 1]
You tied up your wings
With your broken heart-strings
And forgot you could fly
You're scratching around
On the dry, dusty ground
And won't look at the sky
You planted your wishes like seeds
And they grew into lies
You never look anyone straight in the eyes

You broke all your promises till
The truth fell apart
And who will be left in the end
To shelter your heart?
You gave them the dreams that you had
They took them and ran
You gave them your blood like a rose in your hand

When the moment has come
For the great letting-go
Are you ready to leave?
Can you give up your memories
Give up your name
And everything you believe?

[Chorus]
And it's all falling away
And what's left to say
When it's all falling away
The silence you hear
Like a roar in your ear
Is a prayer that is too hard to say

[Verse 2]
Did you sing with the angels
And live in the light
Or were you beauty and truth?
When the time comes around
To surrender it all
Well, is it harder to lose?

When life is a tattoo that's fading away
Like an old lover's name
You'll hold on to the beauty
You'll even hold on to the pain

Well your anger and joy
Are two dogs at your heels
And they're coming for you
When you cried in the night
Was it fear or delight
Well, neither one of them's true

You held up a mirror
To show you the stars
As they fell from your eyes
They slipped through your fingers
Like all the bright days of your life

And when the moment has come
For the great letting-go
Are you ready to leave?
Can you give up your memories
Give up your name
And everything you believe?

[Chorus]
And it's all falling away
And what's left to say
When it's all falling away
The silence you hear
Like a roar in your ear
Is a prayer that is too hard to say

And it's all falling away
And what's left to say
When it's all falling away
The silence you hear
Like a roar in your ear
Is a prayer that is too hard to say