20,000 Reasons

I've got 20,000 reasons

Not to sing another song

About life and what's left of happiness

About the right and wrong

But today I sit here pacing

Not knowing where to go

What's left of me is getting lost at sea

The rest is buried deep down, down below



Say to me just three words

I swear that's all I need

Before the reds and blues

The lies and truths

Fade into a spectrum I can't see



I'm climbing from the bottom

The light's in front of me

If I slip and drown

Or you grab and pull me down

I'll forget what I can be



Let's start swimming in long strides

Take it easy, one stroke at a time

If I fall behind, you can throw a line, just one is fine

Or leave me far out, alone at sea

Come on say it, "I'll miss you"

If it's true then say it out loud

Don't grit your teeth and lie to me

I'll stop it if it causes you to bleed



So say to me just three words

I swear that's all I need

Before the ones and twos

The me's and you's

Turn into a language I can't read



I'm sifting through the rubble

The disaster right in front of me

If I lose sight of friends

Or you can't make amends

We'll all forget what we can be



So Let's start swimming in long strides

Take it easy, one stroke at a time

If I fall behind, you can throw a line, just one is fine

Or leave me far out, alone at sea

Come on say it, "I'll miss you"

If it's true then say it out loud

Don't grit your teeth and lie to me

I'll stop it if it causes you to bleed



I'll stop it if it causes you to bleed

Now can't you see?

It's not how it has to be

I've gotta do it for me

I know it's hard but won't you try?

If it causes you to cry

I'll come back, be by your side

And I'll stop it if it causes you to bleed





Come on say it, "I'll miss you"

If it's true then say it out loud

Don't grit your teeth and lie to me

I'll stop it if it causes you to bleed

Let's start swimming in long strides

Take it easy, one stroke at a time

If I fall behind, you can throw a line, just one is fine

Or leave me far out, alone at sea....



I've got 20,000 reasons

Not to write another song

About fear and what's left of love's first kiss

About the right and wrong

But today I sit here pacing

Not knowing where to go

What's left of me is getting lost at sea

The rest is buried deep down, down below

Author's Notes/Comments: 

This is the first full song in a long time.  Maybe that says something about my mood as of late?

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