The Tears Fall

To see the hunger
To see the pain
To hear the thunder amidst the rain
To hear the laughter
To taste the fear
It's all too lovely and the tears fall

To watch the beauty unravel before my very eyes
To crumble the ugly in my hand
To be a witness as a weak man tries
On his wobbly legs to proudly stand
Oh to live in a world so torn by hate
And yet so painted in love
It's a privilege to know
I'm a part of all these beautiful things
And the tears fall

And the tears fall
And I stumble to my knees in complete awe
And the tears fall
And the tears slowly fall
And I wonder if I can survive it all

I've had a broken heart myself a time or two
And I'll tell ya there ain't nothing worse than losin' a love that's true
But sometimes you've just gotta move ahead
Yet my soul strangely feels so dead
I thought I'd be with him
Until my time was through
I thought he'd be the man
I'd always go home to
Yet it seems to me my assumptions were wrong
And damn, these tears fall

And the tears fall
And I stumble to my knees
And the tears fall
And they just slowly fall
And I wonder in the midst of the pain, if I really can survive it all

And my tears just keep falling down
And it seems there's no end to it all
And tomorrow seems just too far away
The burdens weigh me down
I ask if I'll even survive today

And the tears fall
And the tears
And I stumble to my knees in complete awe
And the tears fall
And the tears slowly fall
As I wonder if I'll survive at all.