The Scarecrow - Time That I've Stolen lyrics

INTRO: Time That I Have Stolen *chuckles* Funny statement, very potent This goes to women who have to bear with us Through all our times, check it VERSE 1: Break me out of this tumble, I'm funnelled in this tunnel The scuffle of lovers is a ladder too steep to scale or straddle The narrow paths are getting tighter The fighter spirit is getting lighter I'm trying to get out, but this isn't worth it What is it in sticking to constantly hurting? Lurking about the same alley ways As the night decays under the moonlit gaze We forecast many, many doormats And before bad times, rolled back and swore to never hold back I could eat up every word as I draw back Un-surety has certainly settled in In my melanin with emotion and I am trembling Bellowing in a mellow decadence The sentences I spoke, I am regretting ‘em The naïve heart of erratic shivering Severing miniature souls of the innocent As a matter of fact; I've got a question Perhaps you might understand better “How do you unsay heavy things without un-securing your Own embarra**ment and trashing the tender heart of the beautiful?” When every excuse you give sounds so flimsy and pitiful Pre-Chorus: And now that you're out of this I never look back proudly saying that I'm proud of this And honestly, I'm so sorry, so sorry Chorus: If I could just take back the time that I've stolen I would replace that, without me involved I'm not scraping for any gratitude I'm so ashamed my, head hung low VERSE 2: I suppose, perhaps, I don't know… oh I'm blank Debating in my conscience with the way that I act The order of regret is a border of truth Fixing ideas to this pompous and poisonous roof Thinking your comfort zone is water proof The tears of the wailing have already drenched the room And you're stomping over emotion in an ocean Where many have already fallen No miracle will help you walk on ‘em SO, we must endure this life to be pure of the pride But I wanted a shortcut to say “How smart am I?!” So my love I never did it right coz I had a strategy A pattern mapping out how I would tender to thee And only to wake up when it's already too late Even if I could get you back, it wouldn't be the same Bliss is a huge occurrence in a subtle setting So hard to capture the authentic feeling, after spoiling it Pre-Chorus: But now that you're out of this I could never look back proudly saying that I'm proud of this And quite frankly, I really am sorry, so sorry Chorus: If I could just take back the time that I've stolen I would replace that, without me involved I'm not scraping for any gratitude I'm so ashamed my, head hung low VERSE 3: There's so much in this world for me But I believe that I met her when I wasn't ready The soulmate mystery is a theory I ridiculed You're cynical before the coincidence happens to you Then it all plays back in the blur of your memory As you watch and listen to her footsteps leaving There's no time to be grieving at that moment You're caught up in your own solitude of contempt Then you realize how Rhythm & Blues makes sense And obeisance it's so hard to be courteous You realize how pathetic and the fool you are How many crooners sang soulful misery with a guitar? That stifling pride is now a crumbling lie That name next to yours is now a hyphen in time In Shona we say: ”The old feast doesn't quiet the child” Without metaphor, reminiscing is pain that won't die Pre-Chorus: And since you've been out of this It feels foul to allow for any sourness, and though it doesn't count for much I really am sorry, I apologize Chorus: x 2 If I could just take back the time that I've stolen I would replace that, without me involved I'm not scraping for any gratitude I'm so ashamed my, head hung low OUTRO: Within the territory of just being a man I know that I can be a problem Say things that I don't mean, and be foul I just want to make it alright for us to be able to have a conversation about it So I just opened it up and said “I'm Sorry” I really am sorry Signing off