Let me set the scene, I was just 18 In a holy foreign land, I had no rules, I had no plans And yes sobriety, was just a memory We drank to freedom every night, until the early light I can always see their faces, there are dreams that always stay A host of lies in foreign tongue, as fortunes wheel was spun I felt the barrel at my neck, I felt the earth connect A lie, a bribe a way to pay, we didn't know it worked that way Shoved in cells until we learned, this is not your world I've been a million different places, but nothing's stained me like that day I don't dare to think I can't think to dream About the things we've done All to forgive God willing I was only young It's never what it seems The way the future's won all to forgive God willing A little girl upon the road, a swerve, a future sold The sickening sound of broken bones, another empty home They surrounded us with screams and now they haunt my dreams As we drive away at speed I feel the earth recede I don't dare to think I can't think to dream About the things we've done All to forgive God Willing I was only young It's never what it seems The way the future's won all to forgive God willing (MID 8) The cold embrace, a moments grace, a tragic loss, I bear the cross The harder I live, the quicker I die Lies we've told, left me cold, secrets keep, don't let me sleep The more I forgive, the harder I cry And now I see, it's me who grieves, it's me who lost and what cost It feels just like I'm stepping back, into the bleak, into the black I feel the ice crawl down my spine, I know it's near the time I feel my years just slip away and I'm that child again I'll never find another hero, there's nothing more that I can say I don't dare to think I can't think to dream About the things we've done All to forgive God Willing I was only young It's never what it seems It's how the futures won All to forgive God willing, willing