After All

I want to create something

not just destroy

but i’ve been this way

since i was a boy

then i see you

and now i need to

repair the damage

and wash my hands

tuck in these shirt tails -

you understand

then i see you

and now i need you

there is dust and rocks where there was a river

and where trees had once grown tall

and though desolation lies all about me

there is life here after all

so tired of me

trying so hard

with others needy

in my backyard

oh i see you

yes i need to

forget the worries of

invented slights

build up the fire

and chase off the night

and i see you

and i hear you now

there was dust and rocks now washed by the river

and the trees are growing tall

and though desolation was all about me

there was life here after all

after all