All This Time
Melissa and More Lyrics

When did we become these sinking stones?
When did we start feeling helpless and lost?

When did we build this broken home?
When did we create a dysfunctional family?

Holding each other like ransom notes
Treating each other more like transactions than loved ones

Dropping our hearts to grip our brother's throat
Taking out our frustrations on someone we love

You can't see because you don't know
You fail to understand because you lack awareness

You're caught below, beneath your own shadow
You're trapped in your own darkness

Stuck inside, half alive
You're feeling trapped and unfulfilled with life

Do you ever stop to ask yourself why?
Have you ever stopped to ponder about your actions and reactions?

Close your mind, identify
Analyzing your situation could give you clarity

Do you feel, do you feel?
Are you looking for meaning and purpose?

Do you call this a life?
Is this how you want to live your life?

All you waited for, drowning just to keep score
You thought success was everything, but in the process, you lost yourself entirely.

We always start with good intentions, but lose ourselves along the way
We don't set out to harm, but circumstances change our outlook

This is the time that we let it go
It's time to let go of past hurt and move on

These are the words that will take us home
The thoughts we harbor could guide us to a better place

Singing the song that's inside us all
Each of us has an inner voice that could inspire our actions

If we don't open our eyes we're walking blind
If we fail to see things clearly, we can't make informed decisions.

Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves
Holding onto anger only distances us from those we love

Bitter blood builds our prison cell
Our hurts and grudges lock us in uncomfortable situations

Darker water now fills our lungs
The heavy weight of our burdens entraps us

The depths of our heart have blacked the sun
Our deep-seated sorrows obscure the light

Naked we come, naked we leave
We enter and exit life alone, without our material possessions

Fools we are, to hold tightly
We're foolish to hold on to things that don't matter in the grand scheme of things

We are the jail, we are the key
We hold ourselves captive but could also free ourselves.

We are free, we are free
We could attain freedom if we break free from our mental prisons

This is the pain we are forced to know
Pain is part of life, and we must acknowledge it

Singing the song that's inside, inside us all, inside us all
We must be true to ourselves and follow our inner voice