The Price I've Had to Pay

[Verse 1:]
Only the young and the innocent
Are born with trusting souls
When light is strong to nurture them
By example of they know
But I had to learn before my time
That beneath your many masks
Therein the darkness deep within
I fell victim to your past.

[Pre-Chorus:]
And I have lost
And you have taken
And I have learnt
The hardest way.

[Chorus:]
My heart is breaking
My world is crashing to the floor
The part you've taken
Is not forgiving anymore
And some would say
That's the price I've had to pay.

[Verse 2:]
I heard you release the demon
Locked the door and eat the key
With every blowing nightmare screaming
You may as well have been kidding me.

[Pre-Chorus:]
And I have lost
And you have taken
And I have learnt
The hardest way.

[Chorus:]
My heart is breaking
My world is crashing to the floor
The part you've taken
Is not forgiving anymore.

I took it to the limit
But you were never really to stay
Some would say
That's the price I've had to pay.

[Bridge:]
Forgiveness is earned
Lessons are learned
I was the weak one
But I am stronger now
So much stronger now.

[Chorus x2:]
My heart is breaking
My world is crashing to the floor
The part you've taken
Is not forgiving anymore.

I took it to the limit
But you were never really to stay
Some would say
That's the price I've had to pay.