The Price I’ve Had to Pay

[Verse 1]
Only the young and the innocent
Are born with trusting souls
Where light is drawn to nurture them
By example all they know
But I had to learn before my time
That beneath your many masks
Therein the darkness deep within
I fell victim to your past

[Pre-Chorus]
And I have lost
And you have taken
And I have learnt
The hardest way

[Chorus 1]
My heart is breaking
My world is crashing to the floor
The part you've taken
Is not forgiven anymore
And some would say
That's the price I've had to pay

[Verse 2]
I heard you released the demon
Locked the door and hid the key
With every blowin' nightmare screaming
You may as well have been kidding me

[Pre-Chorus]
And I have lost
And you have taken
And I have learnt
The hardest way

[Chorus 2]
My heart is breaking
My world is crashing to the floor
The part you've taken
Is not forgiven anymore

[Post-Chorus]
I took it to the limit
But you were never in it to stay
Some would say
That's the price I've had to pay

[Bridge]
Forgiveness is earned
Lessons are learned
I was the weak one
But I am stronger now
So much stronger now

[Chorus 2]
My heart is breaking
My world is crashing to the floor
The part you've taken
Is not forgiven anymore

[Chorus 2]
My heart is breaking
My world is crashing to the floor
The part you've taken
Is not forgiven anymore

[Post-Chorus]
I took it to the limit
But you were never in it to stay
Some would say
That's the price I've had to pay