All music and lyrics by Joshua Baez
Produced by Joshua Baez
Recorded and mixed by Joshua Baez
Mastered by Robert Domos
Album artwork by Elizabeth Faragher
Album layout and design by Joshua Baez
(c) 2015 Joshua Baez
lyrics
Oh, the loneliness you’ve sown
That makes your heart grow old
And turns you into someone else who you don’t know
But you’ve still so much time
So please, don’t waste your life
Shutters closed as you let the days just pass you by
Oh, when you look at yourself
You only see what your eyes allow
But there’s so much more — there’s beauty underneath the pain you’ve felt
And I know that it’s hard
When you let down your guard
But we can wash our fragile hands of all our scars
Just keep your head held high
There are bluer skies
If you just give your heart some time
Oh, there are things I can’t recall
Why I let you run at all
When I had known that you had thought that this was all your fault
And I should have stopped you there
I acted like I didn’t care
When you were all alone, but there are times we all feel scared
Just keep your head held high
There are bluer skies
If you just give your heart some time
So just be still and breathe
Take all the time you need
To close your eyes and get some sleep
Oh, just get some sleep
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