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I'll take my innocence To know
what has it cost us?
To feel
do you want to forget?
The hurt
that wrests at your heart space
until you can not sleep at night

I want the times back
when i could not remember
the fire's much too hot to hold

I want the times back
before the times of temptation
I keep seeing those times unfold

( I want my innocence )

To want
more than when you're hungry!
To fight
and never want to quit!
Purity
like unblemished water
that quenches your thirst
and makes you want to forget!

That the world is full of temptation to overcome
and only the strong will survive
If you slip up one time it will leave scars on you
that decrease your chance to stay alive

( Give me my innocence )

Mistakes
that show we are learning lessons
Scarred hands
from getting too close to the fire.
Regrets
I never seemed to learn from
except from going through hard times

We live in a world and our time here is fleeting
We either learn to give in or to hold out
It might mean that you will have to fight the harder
to keep from drowning in dim plights

I want to live my life so i can be thankful
For the lessons that I did not have to learn
From the scars that i''ve already been through
Which prove I am strong and show i am mature

Sometimes its not the things you do which prove your wisdom
It is the things you avoid that make you strong
It is the things that are hidden and forgotten
that give you reason to freely sing your song

I'll take
my innocence
I'll leave
my regret
I'll gain
back my happiness
from the lessons I learned

( repeat last stanza to fade )

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To know<br />
what has it cost us?<br />
To feel<br />
do you want to forget?<br />
The hurt<br />
that wrests at your heart space<br />
until you can not sleep at night<br />
<br />
I want the times back <br />
when i could not remember<br />
the fire's much too hot to hold<br />
<br />
I want the times back <br />
before the times of temptation<br />
I keep seeing those times unfold<br />
<br />
 ( I want my innocence )<br />
<br />
To want<br />
more than when you're hungry!<br />
To fight<br />
and never want to quit!<br />
Purity<br />
like unblemished water<br />
that quenches your thirst<br />
and makes you  want to forget!<br />
<br />
That the world is full of temptation to overcome<br />
and only the strong will survive<br />
If you slip up one time it will leave scars on you<br />
that decrease your chance to stay alive<br />
<br />
 ( Give me my innocence )<br />
<br />
Mistakes <br />
that show we are learning lessons<br />
Scarred hands<br />
from getting too close to the fire.<br />
Regrets<br />
I never seemed to learn from<br />
except from going through hard times<br />
<br />
We live in a world and our time here is fleeting<br />
We either learn to give in or to hold out<br />
It might mean that you will have to fight  the harder  <br />
to keep from drowning in dim plights<br />
<br />
I want to live my life so i can be thankful<br />
For the lessons that I did not have to learn<br />
From the scars that i''ve already been through<br />
Which prove I am strong and show i am mature<br />
<br />
Sometimes its not the things you do which prove your wisdom<br />
It is the things you avoid that make you strong<br />
It is the things that are hidden and forgotten<br />
that give you reason to freely sing your song<br />
<br />
I'll take<br />
my innocence<br />
I'll leave<br />
my regret<br />
I'll gain<br />
back my happiness<br />
from the lessons I learned<br />
<br />
( repeat last stanza to fade )

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