Well, I would like to think
  The world hasn't seen
  That all the best is still to come,
  And I know life ain't easy.
    I pass them sleeping on the streets
  Their bloodstained hands and dirty feet
  And I can't ignore them
  Any more then I already have
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  So we laugh, and we smile
  and we play our games of sweet denial
  But don't tell me we're forgiven
  If we hold, all our breath
  If we kneel right down and just repent
  You can't tell me we're forgiven
    Start with me
  I cannot lie
  When my heart doesn't follow my eyes
  Turn away from all the suffering
  That surrounds
  Our time on this earth
  For some their life has been a curse
  I say I'm sorry and I should change
  You know it just could be me someday
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    There's no way out of here
  I don't want to die, and leave it all behind
  Each day part of me disappears
  But who am I to judge, what's been sent from above
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    We can't laugh
  We can't smile
  When so much just ain't right
  It can't go on forever...
  If we hold, our breath
  If we kneel down and repent
  You can't tell me we're forgiven, no,
  You can't tell me we're forgiven