Forgiven

She's from a coal town down by the water
Grew up as a pastor's daughter
Her hands are black but her soul is clean
And on them Sundays she'll lay back and ponder
Is this all life has to offer
And some days it's harder than it seems

That's how I met you last December
Laying face up on that shore
Praying for the day that you won't have to pray no more
And I been
Sick of old apologies
It's fine with me if we're finding out
How to make things better now

So all these paths forged fast forward
Time that we've been given
Cause you can't live life on the backside of forgiveness
All day that sun still shines but it's you that makes me melt
Forgive but don't forget yourself

Lost in the backroads
Losing battles
It's hard enough to keep my health
I love to pass over
My own four-leaf clover
I'm lucky but I doubt myself

So all these paths forged fast forward
Time that we've been given
Cause you can't live life on the backside of forgiveness
All day that sun still shines but it's you that makes me melt
Forgive but don't forget yourself

It's hard to find the sunshine when
Every day it's rain
It's hard to make the world a better place when you feel pain
It's hard to be the bigger person when you feel the same
It's easy to forgive, but it's hard to take the blame

So i keep all these paths forged fast forward
Time that we've been given
Cause you can't live life on the backside of forgiveness
All day that sun still shines but it's you that makes me melt
Forgive but don't forget yourself
Forgive but don't forget yourself
Forgive but don't forget yourself