Twisted Root

Take me back to that moment
When the twisted root started growing
I want to chop it down
Right there in the dirt
And erase the way I made myself and others hurt
But I can't go back in time
No matter how bad I want to make it right

So help these roots grow straight
No matter how they twisted
No matter how I hate
How long I was afflicted
When I was sick and full of poison
Losing every battle
I could not reach the gate
I sunk back in the valley
From the twisted root

The curving spine
The wasted years
The rusted blade of time
The deepest cut of all
When I made my father cry
I wish it was enough then to change my life
Twisted root
Twisted root

How do I stand here in this moment?
Let the pain roll in and try to own it
'Cause all I've ever done is sink down in the dirt
Underneath the way I made myself and others hurt
'Cause I can't go back in time
No matter how bad I want to make it right

So help me stand up straight
And tilt the crooked picture
And not look at my face
And only see what I disfigured
From the years I filled with poison
In the shadow of the mountain
I could not find the gate
I sunk back in the valley
From the twisted root

The curving spine
The wasted years
The rusted blade of time
What I could not repair
What I could not unwind
Make it be enough now to change my life
Twisted root
Twisted root
Twisted root