You carried every wound

YOU CARRIED EVERY WOUND BUT YOURS YOU WERE STILL ALIVE BENEATH IT I THOUGHT SILENCE MADE ME KIND IT ONLY TAUGHT MY HEART TO HIDE I FELT THE SADNESS IN THE ROOM BEFORE A WORD WAS SAID HELD EVERYBODY'S FEAR UNTIL IT THUNDERED IN MY HEAD I BURIED EVERY TRUTH I HAD SO NO ONE ELSE WOULD ACH GAVE AWAY MY PEACE TO PEOPLE HAPPY JUST TO TAKE SEARCHED FOR LIGHT IN EVERYONE NO MATTER WHAT X THEY CHOSE EVEN WHEN THEY PRAISE THE HURT AND WATCHED THE HATED GROW THE WEIGHT BECAME A WORLD I COULD NOT CARRY DEEP INSIDE SO I REACHED BENEATH THE SURFACE WHERE MY DARKER FEELINGS HIDE I ASKED THE DARK TELL ME WHY COMPASSION FELT LIKE CHAINS LOVE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE PERMISSION FOR YOUR PAIN CAN I STILL BE SOMETHING GOOD IF I FINALLY DRAW THE LINE GUARD THE ONES WHO NEED YOU OH WITHOUT GIVING UP YOUR LIGHT WHEN THE GOOD MAN WAKES HE DOES NOT WAKE TO HATRED HE RISES FROM THE WEIGHT HE LEARNS HIS LOVE IS SACRED I CAN WALK BESIDE THE SHADOWS AND STILL ANSWER TO THE LIGHT DO I LOSE MYSELF BY FIGHTING ONLY IF YOU FIGHT WITH HATE CAN THE DARKNESS STAND BESIDE ME LET IT GUARD BUT NEVER REIGN WHAT IF THEY RETURN TO BREAK ME DO NOT HAND THEM BACK YOUR SOUL LOVE THE ONES WHO CARRY LOVE LET THE ONES WHO WORSHIP HATRED GO I KEEP CARRYING YOUR SORROW TILL I COULD NOT FEEL MY OWN YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO SHELTER EVERY HEART THAT TURNED TO STONE I WAS SCARED MY STRENGTH WAS DARKNESS STRENGTH CAN STILL PROTECT THE FLAME YOU CAN FEEL THE PAIN AROUND YOU WITHOUT DROWNING IN THE TIDE YOU CAN HOLD YOUR HAND OUT GENTLY WITHOUT PULLING HATE INSIDE YOU CAN STILL BELIEVE IN PEOPLE BUT BELIEVE WHAT PEOPLE SHOW KEEP YOUR HEART FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT LET THE ONES WHO USE IT GO NOT EVERY HAND DESERVES MY STRENGTH NOT EVERY VOICE DESERVES NOT EVERY HEART THAT ASKED FOR LOVE HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO ANSWER HERE I WILL STAND BESIDE THE FORGOTTEN I WILL LIFT THE ONES WHO FALL I WILL FIGHT FOR FRIGHTENED INNOCENCE I DO NOT HAVE TO BLEED FOR US AND WHEN THE HATRED COMES I STAND BETWEEN IT AND THE INNOCENT WHEN THEY CALL YOUR KINDNESS WEAK I SHOW THEM LOVE CAN STILL HAVE TEETH BUT I WILL NEVER BECOME THEM WHEN THE GOOD MAN WAKES HE RISES THROUGH THE SORROW HE LEAVES THE CHAINS BEHIND HE CHOOSES HIS TOMORROW OH I CAN WALK BESIDE THE SHADOWS OH AND STILL ANSWER TO THE LIGHT OH I CAN HEAR THE CALL OF MERCY AND DEFEND WHAT I KNOW IS RIGHT I WILL STAND FOR EVERY INNOCENT EVERY SOUL EVERY SOUL THEY PUSHED ASIDE THE DARKENED PATH HAS AWAKENED AND THE GOOD MAN IS ALIVE I AM ALIVE STILL REACHING FOR THE LIGHT STILL GUARDING WHAT IS RIGHT I KNOW THE DARK I CHOOSE THE LIGHT THE GOOD MAN IS ALIVE I DID NOT LOSE MY EMPATHY YOU LEARN WHERE IT BELONGS AND STILL CARRY ON NOT EVERY HAND DESERVES MY STRENGTH NOT EVERY VOICE DESERVES NOT EVERY HEART THAT ASKED FOR LOVE HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO ANSWER HERE