Lyrics

They say sometimes you gotta learn it the hard way
Got an angel and a devil fightin’ every word I say
Standin’ in the middle, lost in the maybe
Tryin’ to find some truth that won’t betray me

There’s a kind of peace in all that quiet
When the world don’t talk, and you don’t fight it
Played a game that never ends, no rules, no name
Just a heart full of fire and a soul full of blame

I went through hell, yeah, through hell and back again
Lookin’ for someone to save me from the shape I’m in
Never thought I had the strength to stand alone
Till I saw the smoke risin’ from the bridges I’d known
They called me crazy, said I’d lost my mind
But they never saw the scars they left behind
You broke me down, but I won’t break again
You won that round, but not the end

Why’d I think I had to carry someone else
When I was barely hangin’ on to myself?
Thought love could fix what I was runnin’ from
But all I did was drag you deeper when I come undone

I went through hell, yeah, through hell and back again
Lookin’ for someone to save me from the shape I’m in
Never thought I had the strength to stand alone
Till I saw the truth in the ashes I’d known
They called me crazy, said I’d lost my mind
But I was just a man tryin’ to rewind
You broke me once, but I won’t bend
You won that round, but not the end

Now I’m pickin’ up the pieces in the dark
Takin’ back the beatin’ of my heart
There’s beauty in the pain I’ve come to know
Sometimes you gotta fall to grow

I went through hell, yeah, through hell and back again
But I’m not the man I was back then
I faced the fire, walked the line
And I ain’t runnin’ from what’s mine
They called me crazy, but now I see
That broken road was settin’ me free
You had your turn, this is where it ends
You won that round—but I’m here to win