IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I COULD...

HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I FIRST SAW YOU

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I COULD STAND

ON MY OWN TWO FEET AGAIN

AND IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I COULD CALL YOU

AND EVERYTHING I CAN REMEMBER

AS FUCKED UP AS IT ALL MAY SEEM

CONSEQUENCES THAT I'VE RENDERED

HAVE STRETCHED MYSELF BEYOND MY MEANS

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I COULD SAY

THAT I WASN'T ADDICTED

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I COULD SAY

I LOVED MYSELF AS WELL AND...

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I'VE GONE AND FUCKED THINGS UP

JUST LIKE I ALWAYS DO

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

BUT ALL THAT SHIT SEEMS TO DISAPPEAR WHEN I'M WITH YOU

AND EVERYTHING I CAN REMEMBER

AS FUCKED UP AS IT ALL MAY SEEM

CONSEQUENCES THAT I'VE RENDERED

GONE AND FUCKED THINGS UP AGAIN... AGAIN

WHY MUST I FEEL THIS WAY?

JUST MAKE THIS GO AWAY

JUST ONE MORE PEACEFUL DAY

BUT THEN I GO AN FUCK THINGS UP AGAIN

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I COULD...

LOOK AT MYSELF STRAIGHT

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I SAID I'M SORRY

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I'VE SEEN THE WAY

THE CANDLES LIGHT YOUR FACE

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

BUT I CAN STILL

REMEMBER JUST THE WAY YOU TASTE

EVERYTHING I CAN REMEMBER

AS FUCKED UP AS IT ALL MAY SEEM

TO ME... I KNOW THIS PAIN

CAN I BLAME THIS ON MY FATHER?

HE DID THE BEST HE COULD FOR ME

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I COULD...

HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

SINCE I SAID I'M