Shame

Okay so I was wrong about My reasons for us fallin' out Of love, I want to fall back in My life is different now I swear I know now what it means to care About somebody other than myself I know the things I said to you They were untender and untrue I'd like to see those things undo So if you could find it in your heart To give a man a second start I promise things won't end the same Shame, boatloads of shame Day after day, more of the same Blame, please lift it off Please take it off, please make it stop Okay so I have read the mail The stories people often tell About us that we never knew But their existence will float away And just like every word they say And we will hold hands as they fade Shame, boatloads of shame Day after day, more of the same Blame, please lift it off Please take it off, please make it stop I felt so sure of everything My love to you so well received And I just strutted 'round your town Knowing I didn't let you down The truth be known, the truth be told My heart was always fairly cold Posing to be as warm as yours My way of getting in your world But now I'm out and I've had time To look around and think And sink into another world That's filled with guilt and overwhelming Shame, boatloads of shame Day after day, more of the same Blame, please lift it off Please take it off, please make it stop And everyone they have a heart And when they break and fall apart They need somebody's helping hand I used to say just let 'em fall It wouldn't bother me at all I couldn't help then, now I can --- Shame - The Avett Brothers