All I Need (To my Daughter)

I tried to write but it only brought me down

I tried to love but I couldn't hear the sound

Sick of all the hypocrisy I can hear but I can't see

Drowning in all the people around me

Can I swim? Can I sink? Can I see what you're living through me?

I just want it to happen

The leaves on the trees fall

I want more than my sin, my agony

I just want to find me, I want it all

The riches, the fame, the family

Oranges and reds I wish it were so simple

Just watch my step and I won't break

I've never been humble I refuse to stumble

Why should I show mercy? What would it take?

For you to change, today

I'm just sick of all the pain

So I'm leaving I take it all away

 

I tried to write but it only brought me down

I tried to love but I couldn't hear the sound

Sick of all the hypocrisy I can hear but I can't see

Drowning in all the people around me

Can I swim? Can I sink? Can I see what you're living through me?

Now I'm something a million tasks to do

Not a single one due

Okay okay I gotta try, I can't pretend can't get by

It finally happened I brought new life

I took a step in, like a scared little bird

With broken wings I learned to walk

Maybe I came in third, all these things

They're not me, just what I become

When I'm sick of being on the run

So I plant my roots on unstable ground

Everyday I nurse my wounds (and you're not around, you're not around)

Until I'm enough for me I'm not good for you

You tear me apart, but I'm not through

Just see a shadow and you think you know the man

But you don't know God's plan

Don't expect a sorry you never had a heart for me

Only saw the half of it, but already made up your mind

But, I'm one of a kind and I won't stand by

When you make a fool of me

 

I tried to write but it only brought me down

I tried to love but I couldn't hear the sound

Sick of all the hypocrisy I can hear but I can't see

Drowning in all the people around me

Can I swim? Can I sink? Can I see what you're living through me?

Had all the mercy but I was juggling

A broken mind and I couldn't see half the time

What's in front of me, I have all I need (I have all I need)

When you took your first breath, I said

I would love till it left

It hasn't yet and my world just began

I don't need love I don't need mercy cuz all I have is you

The world's been so cruel, but I don't need it, don't need it at all

Cuz all I need is you