I was away for a while  
 But I'm hoping someday you'll forgive me  
 Though I don't deserve it  
 I'll cherish it well if you give me one of your new starts 
  
 Just one more last chance  
 I swear that I'll earn it  
 If you front me for now  
 I'm good for it I swear  
 I'm better now I swear  
  
 In earlier days, they'd persecute people  
 They'd carry them off, and hobble their legs  
 For lesser offenses, and how I have harmed you  
 And still you allow me to walk free of pain  
  
 Though I punish myself  
 I will never settle  
 The debts I've incured for scorning the face  
 Of absolute beauty, and measureless grace  
 And though I once mocked you  
 I'm dying to pay for it now  
 I'm dying to pay for it now  
  
 So hand me the rocks to help weigh me down  
 And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound  
 To the end of an anchor thrown into the sound  
 And test me to see if I will rise against the worst that it can get  
  
 I wasn't well for a while  
 I savored the things that I knew were sure to destroy me  
 And that seemed to hold me  
 That seemed to carry me where I couldn't go 
 On the strength of my own  
 Well, I should've known 
 That gets me nowhere  
 I've learned that now I swear  
  
 In earlier days, they'd persecute people  
 They'd carry them off, and hobble their legs  
 For lesser offenses, and how I have harmed you  
 And still you allow me to walk free of pain  
  
 Though I punish myself  
 I will never settle  
 The debts I've incured for scorning the face  
 Of absolute beauty, and measureless grace  
 And though I once mocked you  
 I'm dying to pay for it now  
 I'm dying to pay for it now, now, now  
  
 So hand me the rocks to help weigh me down  
 And tether my legs with a cord tightly bound  
 To then end of an anchor thrown into the sound  
 And test me to see if I will rise against the worst that it can get  
  
 Well, I wasn't sure that I could  
 Well, I wasn't sure that I could  
 Well, I wasn't sure that I could 
 But, I can