This Is the Time (Ballast)

When did we become these sinkin' stones?

When did we build this broken home?

Holdin' each other like ransom notes

Droppin' our hearts to grip our brothers' throats

You can't see because you don't know

You're caught below beneath your own shadow

Stuck inside, half-alive, do you ever stop to ask yourself why?

Close your mind, identify, do you feel, do you feel?

Do you call this a life?

All you waited for, drownin' just to keep score

We always start with good intentions

But lose ourselves along the way

This is the time that we let it go

These are the words that will take us home

Singin' the song that's inside us all

If we don't open our eyes we're (Walkin' blind)

Anchored in anger, we exile ourselves

Bitter blood builds our prison cells

Darker water now fills our lungs

The depths of our heart have blackened the sun

You can't see because you don't know

You're caught below beneath your own shadow

Stuck inside, half-alive, do you ever stop to ask yourself why?

Close your mind, identify, do you feel, do you feel?

Do you call this a life?

All you waited for, drownin' just to keep score

We always start with good intentions

But lose ourselves along the way

This is the time that we let it go

These are the words that will take us home

Singin' the song that's inside us all

If we don't open our eyes we're (Walkin' blind)

(Naked we come, naked we leave)

(Fools we are to hold tightly)

(We are free, we are free)

This is the time that we let it go

These are the words that will take us home

Singin' the song that's inside us all

If we just open our eyes

This is the time now, we let it go

And this is the pain we are forced to know

Singin' the song that's inside us all, inside us all

Walkin' blind