Teach Me To Love

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TEACH ME TO LOVE

I've never given back a scrap of what I've gotten
from this life
I hoard it deep inside till I can feel it rotting
in my bones
The little boy in me is shivering inside
this block of ice
Comes out for Halloween when he can hide
behind a face of stone

I'm on the border of some shadowland
Looking for landmarks in this sinking sand
Tell me it's not too late
Open the gate

Teach me, teach me to love
I know there's still time to sweeten and care
My better twin, he's still in me somewhere
Teach me, teach me to love
Shatter my chains. Wipe the blood from my eyes
Wash off the stains of the things I despise, and
Teach me, teach me to love

You've got a smile that heals like living water from
a mountain spring
No, you're not perfect. There been times I've seen you
parched and running dry
Come drought or famine, you flow out to nourish
every living thing
While I stand guard over a wasteland where the
ravens come to die

I'm on the border of some shadowland
Looking for landmarks in this sinking sand
Tell me it's not too late
Open the gate

Teach me, teach me to love
I know there's still time to sweeten and care
My better twin he's still in me somewhere
Teach me, teach me to love
Shatter the chains, wipe the blood from my eyes
Wash off the stains of the things I despise
And teach me, teach me to…

Slow down,
And take a look around
Happiness runs from the hunter
It runs at the speed of sound

I dropped a dime in the well of your grace
Wishing my time in this hell was erased
Tell me it's not too late
Open the gate

Teach me, teach me to love
I know there's still time to sweeten and care
My better twin, he's still in me somewhere
Teach me, teach me to love
Shatter my chains. Wipe the blood from my eyes
Wash off the stains of the things I despise, and
Teach me, teach me to love
Teach me, teach me to love.