Speed of Pain

My friend Manny would always say

"I only learn anything at the speed of pain"

How looking back, he had no regrets

No doubt they're still some hard lessons

But what I think he meant

Not till all is lost

Is there something to be gained

From the lessons learned

At the speed of pain

Let the hard rain fall, let the cold winds blow

Somewhere between where I'm standing and where I wanna go

My best thinking is all I've ever known

Now I'm left here looking back

On that long and winding road

Where after all is lost

There's still something to be gained

From the lessons learned

At the speed of pain

All the angels, all the saints

Cannot help you now

You think you know yourself

You think you know your truth

Till it breaks you down

But not till all is lost

Is there something to be gained

From the lessons learned

At the speed of pain

When all the will power in the universe

Still won't get you through

As good a time as any

To find your version of God

Just as long as it ain't you

After all is lost

Is there something to be gained

From the lessons learned

At the speed of pain?

From the lessons learned

At the speed of pain

The speed of pain

No, no

Speed of pain