The Wreckage

I was taught to love, I was taught to give

I was told to shape this life I live

By the work of an honest man

Guess I never learned that it could burn down

With everything I earned somehow

It slipped right out of my hand

Like a hurricane blowing through the sand

Now I'm standing on the corner watching cars go by

Wondering why I'm so numb inside

Dust cloud hanging up over these lights

Somebody's running from a crumbling life

Caught by the trouble and the pain

And brought down to rubble by the shame

Where the smoke's rising up through the rain

And where only ashes remain

And I can't bear the thought it was all my fault

That everything fell apart

'Cause I swear I've got a good heart

I just don't know where to start

When the water's rising too high

And I feel like a child

Here among the wreckage

'Cause every time I wake, the morning takes

Another piece of my strength and my faith

For so many years and I've never known why

And the only things that numb the pain

Are the same damn things that eat away

Any chance I'll ever know who I am inside

But even if I lost my mind

I've forgotten for a little while

That I'm standing on the corner watching cars go by

Wondering why I'm so numb inside

Dust cloud hanging up over these lights

Guess I was running from a crumbling life

Caught by the trouble and the pain

And brought down to rubble by the shame

Where the smoke's rising up through the rain

And where only ashes remain

And I can't bear the thought it was all my fault

That everything fell apart

I swear to God I've got a good heart

I just don't know where to start

To build it up again

I feel like a kid

Here among the wreckage

When the darkness settles down over these empty city nights

And the bars have closed, everyone's gone home