Kutless - Hearts Of The Innocent lyrics
- Hearts Of The Innocent
- Shut Me Out
- Beyond The Surface
- Smile
- Promise Of A Lifetime
- Winds Of Change
- Somewhere In The Sky
- Mistakes
- Push Me Away
- Changing World
- Million Dollar Man
- Legacy
Hearts Of The Innocent
I'm looking down into the eyes of hopelessness
They're crying out to me
I see the pain
It's so much more than youth should know
It tears me apart
What can I do to change what I see
This vicious cycle must come to an end
[Chorus:]
Can't you see
We're crushing the hearts of the innocent
We're teaching them to fail
And how it breaks me to see how we're living
And punishing the ones that need us to care
To see them hurting
Feels like knuckles to the back of my head
Where have the days gone
That a promise was forever
Families stuck together
We wonder why their generation struggles to get by
There's no one to help
What can I do to change what I see
This vicious cycle must come to an end
Shut Me Out
Tell me something I don't already know
I know that you can't stand these things
I'm preaching in the streets
But how can I contain the truth I hold inside
With all the hurting people that I see so I don't mind
Putting up with you, and all the things you say
I'm not about to stop or even change my ways
Chorus
There's nothing you can say
That will take me away from this life
There's nothing you can do
To shut me up (to shut me out) when I'm speaking the truth
You may not like all I have to say
But you can't prove that everything
Is filled with empty words
I know my life and inside how I've changed
A testimony to the truth I speak, so I don't mind
Putting up with you, and all the things you say
I'm not about to stop or even change my ways
Beyond The Surface
I've been hiding, hiding for so long
Right behind my digital mask
I've been trying to be someone I'm not
All these perfectly fake people push us to insane ideals
They're nothing more than counterfeit images
That push me away, to bleed out the pain
Don't you dare make another move
Chorus
Put the knife away, that's not what anybody needs
There's a better way than everything now that you see
Stop comparing who you are to who you want to be
Let's step out beyond the surface
Don't give in to everything the world around tells you to be
Open up your mind release yourself
Stop the lying, stop comparing who you are to what you see
Never letting fear hold back the change
And push you away, to bleed out the pain
Don't you dare make another move
Smile
On a plane somewhere again
I take my place in line just like every other time
I slide into my window seat
She was sitting there
One seat over so I said "Hello, how are you today?"
With my smile I could see the hope within her eyes
And I knew that something's different today
Chorus
Though everything's the same inside
There's something real
A faith which causes me to change
(But what's different now)
A spark is gleaming in my eye
Like diamond stars that fill the sky
I think a smile says it all
A smile says it all
The conversation presses on
As miles pass below, she said I have to let you know
You seem so different to me
There is a joy inside
The love of God is all I know
From which this could originate
With one smile I could see
The faith we share inside
And I know that something's different today
I see what a smile can say about me
I know that words are not always what speak
Sometimes it's not what I say
That the world around me seems to understand
Promise Of A Lifetime
I have fallen to my knees
As I sing a lullaby of pain
I'm feeling broken in my melody
As I sing to help the tears go away
Then I remember the pledge you made to me
Chorus
I know you're always there
To hear my every prayer inside
I'm clinging to the promise of a lifetime
I hear the words you say
To never walk away from me and leave behind
The promise of a lifetime
Will you help me fall apart
Pick me up, take me in your arms
Find my way back from the storm
And you show me how to grow
Through the change
I still remember the pledge you made to me
I am holding on to the hope I have inside
With you I will stay through every day
Putting my understanding aside
And I am comforted
Winds Of Change
Can you feel the pains in life?
Wrapped around you like they're chains
Restricting all your dreams
Do you wonder if there is a way?
A way to set you free
Set you free
Chorus
So tell me all your dreams
Tell me all your fears
And what you're longing for the most
It's not another way that'll end up the same
For it's under my control
Do you feel the winds of change
Soon this weight will fall away
And take you to a place
Only found through these winds of change
A breeze that's new and free
I'll be the one who you can cry to
The one who will give you wings
I will give wings
Someday we'll sail away
Mounted up on wings like eagles
We will run and will not fade away
Somewhere In The Sky
Another beautiful morning
The sun seems a little brighter today
It's my reward for stepping into the moment
As I am seizing the day
Chorus
I'm soaring now somewhere in the sky
The rush of air never wanting to come down
There's nothing that I've ever felt like
Learning how to fly
I'm learning how to fly
The freedom to be in the moment
The reason for making a memory
Never wasting all that comes my way
As I take what I see
I thank God for our freedom
There's nothing wrong with enjoying things in life
Spread the word that a smile's not beyond us
This is a call to act and seize your day
Mistakes
Empty reasons for my past
Excuses do not hold
I'm struck with my affliction
An inner perfect storm
Why didn't someone warn me
To save me from myself
The pain is self-inflicted
The decisions were my own
Now listen to history
There's so much I could say
There's so much that I've learned
Don't make my mistake
There's no time to delay
Take my hand and learn from my heartache
Take a look into the past
See all the things I've tried
Looking for a truth inside
But only finding pain
See these deep and painful scars
Cutting to the bone
Do you want to look like me
With a broken empty life
Now listen to history
There's so much I could say
There's so much that I've learned
Don't make my mistake
There's no time to delay
Take my hand and learn from my heartache
Some things you may never understand
But knowledge from lessons not your own
Can save you from the unknown
Which may stop your fall
There's so much I could say
There's so much that I've learned
Don't make my mistake
There's no time to delay
Take my hand and learn from my heartache (X 2)
Push Me Away
You tell me it's nothing
But I see it's something in your eyes
A fear is there
You say you don't need me
Don't try to deceive me
By pulling the wool over my eyes
There's nothing wrong with needing help sometimes
What are friendships for
Now please
Chorus
Don't push me away
Condemn your pride
Sometimes we all need a hand to get by
Don't push me away
Condemn your pride
When tears start to fall then with you I will cry
No one is perfect
It just isn't worth it
To stand on your own
Though fear is there
Don't be ashamed to ask me to help you
To deal with the thoughts
Spinning your head
There's nothing wrong with needing help sometimes
What are friendships for
Now please
You can lean on me
Stand by my side
We will fight
We are much stronger as one
Changing World
I thought I had it all under control
I thought my fate was still in my hands
All of my plans were firmly set
By the words that I say
I forgot how quickly things can change
Now my vision can not be the same
My life is not what I thought
I'm not where I planned to be
Though something's gone
There's nothing wrong with my changing world
Though something's gone
There's nothing wrong with my changing world
I need to let go of my destiny
I need to trust in things unseen
I believe in having faith
Though I yield my control
I forgot how quickly things can change
Now my vision can not be the same
My life is not what I thought
I'm not where I planned to be
Though something's gone
There's nothing wrong with my changing world
Though something's gone
There's nothing wrong with my changing world
In the world, in my changing world
I'm embracing all of my fears
I am watching them turn to delight
The very fears which were gripping my mind
Are now the hands shaping and sculpting my dreams
My life is not what I thought
I'm not where I planned to be
Though something's gone
There's nothing wrong with my changing world
Though something's gone
There's nothing wrong with my changing world
In the world, in my changing world (X 2)
Million Dollar Man
He's driving down a road to nowhere
The moon reflects off his spotless car
Speeding away from all he's known
To greener grass on the other side
Chorus
He's a million dollar man
He's got everything he wanted
But now what he wants is what he had
But he threw it all away
For a life filled with cars and rings
And everything that money can bring
Now everything is not what he thought
As guilt reaches in for all of his wrong
The profit is worthless when you're alone
The grass isn't greener on this lonely side
He threw it all away
Legacy
Oh the memories
Of all the things that shouldn't be
They take you away from all you should be
Don't let it go by as if you agree
Chorus
Nightmares of the past will fade away
The future of your name is what will stay
Never try to blame the past for everything you say
You have the power you need to change your legacy
Do you really want to be just like
The very ones you blame who take you away
From all you should be
Don't just stand by as if you agree
Think of the future and when you are gone
How will you be remembered then
For all time you can be the one who changed the name