I learned that you could choose why you hurt
 
 Or you can let the world hurt you while you do nothing
 
 The moment of that decision will change everything
 
 I realized my heart was a stranger to me
 
 When someone ripped it open
 
 And showed me parts that I've never seen
 
  
  And the past will pace back and forth
 
 Waiting for me to fall asleep
 
 And haunt me in my dreams
  
 
 Take me back to a place we used to be
 
 What if the real victory is knowing that
 
 We will not make the same mistakes again
 
 Show them again and again who I am
 
 What if the real victory is knowing that
 
 We won't make the same mistakes again
 
 What if there's no victory at all
  
 
 I'm caught in the crossfire of my God and my mistakes
 
 Is there more to learn if this is all that I can take
 
 Clever words are no escape
 
 Feelings shouldn't be written in vain
 
 My God
  
 
 Take me back to a place we used to be
 
 What if the real victory is knowing that
 
 We will not make the same mistakes again
 
 Show them again and again who I am
 
 What if the real victory is knowing that
 
 We won't make the same mistakes again
 
 What if there's no victory at all
  
 
 I have no alibi
 
 I live beneath these northern lights
 
 We celebrate on autumn nights
 
 With the cement beneath our feet
 
 Brings our advice
  
 
 Take me back to a place we used to be
 
 What if the real victory is knowing that
 
 We will not make the same mistakes again
 
 Show them again and again who I am
 
 What if the real victory is knowing that
 
 We won't make the same mistakes again
 
 What if there's no victory at all
  
 
 And the past will pace back and forth
 
 Waiting for me to fall asleep
 
 And haunt me in my dreams