Eight

Eight - Sleeping At Last

Lyrics by：Ryan O'Neal

Composed by：Ryan O'Neal

I remember the minute

It was like a switch was flipped

I was just a kid who grew up strong enough

To pick this armor up

And suddenly it fit

God that was so long ago

Long ago long ago

I was little

I was weak and perfectly naive

And I grew up too quick

Now you won't see all

That I have to lose

And all I've lost

In the fight to protect it

I won't let you in

I swore never again

I can't afford no

I refuse to be rejected

I want to break these bones

'Til they're better

I want to break them right and feel alive

You were wrong you were wrong

You were wrong

My healing needed more than time

When I see fragile things

Helpless things broken things

I see the familiar

I was little I was weak

I was perfect too

Now I'm a broken mirror

But I can't let you see

All that I have to lose

And all I've lost

In the fight to protect it

I can't let you in

I swore never again

I can't afford to let myself be blindsided

I'm standing guard I'm falling apart

And all I want is to trust you

Show me how to lay my sword down

For long enough to let you through

Here I am pry me open

What do you want to know

I'm just a kid who grew up scared enough

To hold the door shut

And bury my innocence

But here's a map here's a shovel

Here's my Achilles' heel

I'm all in palms out

I'm at your mercy now

And I'm ready to begin

I am strong I am strong

I am strong enough to let you in

I'll shake the ground with all my might

I will pull my whole heart up to the surface

For the innocent for the vulnerable

I'll show up on the front

Lines with a purpose

And I'll give all I have

I'll give my blood

Give my sweat

An ocean of tears will

Spill for what is broken

I'm shattered porcelain

Glued back together again

Invincible like I've never been