In resplendent colors before me
In the light of darkening sky
What did you think I’d see?
The clarity and the power
in the rippling of the thundershock
The storm passing by my porch
Splatters rain up over my socks
I’m not afraid.
Because I want to be a better person.
I want to go beyond who I am now.
Because I want to be a better person.
The choices I’ve made will show me how.
I won’t blame it on the weather.
I won’t blame it on the hormones.
I won’t blame it on alcohol.
The choices I made are my own.
I have no regrets.
Because I want to be a better person.
I want to go beyond who I am now.
Because I want to be a better person.
The choices I’ve made will show me how.
And I won’t blame it on a bystander.
I won’t blame it on someone else.
I won’t blame it on the rainy day
When I know I did it myself.
Yeah, I did it.
You can go ahead with your mistakes
Go ahead and find someone to blame
Leave behind any sense of consequences
Just so you can pretend to clear your name
Cover up your blood and tears
And say you never make mistakes
It’s a shallow comfort, my dear,
That keeps your demons awake.
But I won’t do it.
I want to be a better person
I want to go beyond who I am now
I want to be a better person
My choices will show me how
I’ll tear open my heart
Expose all that I am
Because I’m proud of it all
These scars weren’t in vain.
Never in vain.
They took me this far
Yeah, I’ve stumbled and tasted
and feared and pitied and trembled
I’ve judged and I’ve wasted
And I got this far
I’ve loved and given
Kept my promises
Stayed ahead and driven.
I don’t own anything
but myself.
