From the recording forgive what i find
(I wrote this song in May 2007. I met Mary Gauthier in August 2007. After hearing her story, I felt like I had written this song for the both of us. I was over the moon when she agreed to sing the background vocals for this song on my album.)
Lyrics
I'm a little queen of denial
Rather face the future than my fears
So I tuck away the trials
Save em for a rainier year
But I'm looking out my window
And I see it's raining pretty hard
Maybe now it's time to tend the garden
Growing in my own backyard
I...
I know I've tried
So hard to hide
All the pain with the pride
But I...
I know it's time
To meet what is mine
Forgive what I find
Forgive what I find
I know a little girl with a secret
Can't stop swallowing her shame
Goes down smoother in a shot glass
Helps her to forget her own name
I tell her you can dig a deep well
Just to throw your sorrows in
But eventually the echoes
Rise up to find you again
And I...
I know I've tried
So hard to hide
All the pain with the pride
But I...
I know it's time
To meet what is mine
Forgive what I find
Forgive what I find
Mary, Mary don't be wary
Must you carry such a load
Lay your grief out on the ground
And watch your garden grow
And I...
I know I've tried
So hard to hide
All the pain with the pride
And I...
I know it's time
To meet what is mine
Forgive what I find
Forgive what I find