Just how much does it have to hurt
Before you let go of the pain?
Just how deep does it have to be
Before you yearn to be free again?
Everyone can lock you away
Or, you can choose to remain
Everyday can pass you by
While you were holding the key
This is how it turns
This is what we do
This is who we are
When we forgive
We can move on
Release all the shackles
One by one
We belong to the burden
Until it's gone
Just how long do you want to hate
With all that angry temperament?
You dream of revenge
You dream of pride
You hope that someday we learn
Every time you think about her
It spins around in your mind
With an eye for an eye
Again and again
Until the whole world is blind
This is how it turns
This is what we do
This is who we are
When we forgive
We can move on
Release all the shackles
One by one
We belong to the burden
Until it's gone
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Lay the burden down
I'm gonna lay the weapons down
Lay the burden down
William Blake wakes his sting, drawing out Martin Luther King
Tutu and Madiba saying rainbows still exist
The voice of the Elders coming through the mist
Lay the burden down
(Lay the weapons down)
Lay the burden down
(Lay the weapons down)
It takes courage
Learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
It takes courage
Learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
Let live
Live and let live
It takes courage
Learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
It takes courage
Learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
Let live
(Live and let live)
Let live
(Live and let live)
(Let live)
Live and let live
Let live
(Be brave enough to listen)
(To live and let live)
Live and let live
(Be brave enough to listen)
(To live and let live)
Live and let live
Before you let go of the pain?
Just how deep does it have to be
Before you yearn to be free again?
Everyone can lock you away
Or, you can choose to remain
Everyday can pass you by
While you were holding the key
This is how it turns
This is what we do
This is who we are
When we forgive
We can move on
Release all the shackles
One by one
We belong to the burden
Until it's gone
Just how long do you want to hate
With all that angry temperament?
You dream of revenge
You dream of pride
You hope that someday we learn
Every time you think about her
It spins around in your mind
With an eye for an eye
Again and again
Until the whole world is blind
This is how it turns
This is what we do
This is who we are
When we forgive
We can move on
Release all the shackles
One by one
We belong to the burden
Until it's gone
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Lay the burden down
I'm gonna lay the weapons down
Lay the burden down
William Blake wakes his sting, drawing out Martin Luther King
Tutu and Madiba saying rainbows still exist
The voice of the Elders coming through the mist
Lay the burden down
(Lay the weapons down)
Lay the burden down
(Lay the weapons down)
It takes courage
Learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
It takes courage
Learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
Let live
Live and let live
It takes courage
Learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
It takes courage
Learn to forgive
To be brave enough to listen
To live and let live
Let live
(Live and let live)
Let live
(Live and let live)
(Let live)
Live and let live
Let live
(Be brave enough to listen)
(To live and let live)
Live and let live
(Be brave enough to listen)
(To live and let live)
Live and let live
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