I've kept it inside
much too long
There's no relief
Carry it around
just like a stone
Too heavy for me
I have paid the price
of standing
On the outside
looking in
It's time to let
the healing begin
A boy is strung out
he's going through hell
His mother weeps
His spirit is broken
and there's
nothing left
Just a terrible need
And the days are marked
by the heaviness
of the heart
It never mends
Until the
healing begins
And the tension prowels
the streets like
an animal
The people stay behind
their locks and chains
It's a shame
When so many
are trying
their best to
live as one
And the smoke from
the fires covers
up the sun
A young girl is
lying in the dirt
Her dreams ended there
Caught in the crossfire
on somebody's turf
Hatred in the air
It's a voice
that never sings
A winter without
the spring
It never ends
Time to let
the healing begin
Time to let
the healing begin