I've kept it inside much too long

There's no relief

Carry it around just like a stone

Too heavy for me



I had paid the price

Of standing on the outside looking in



It's time to let the healing begin



A boy is strung out he's going through hell

His mother weeps

His spirit is broken and there's nothing left

Just a terrible need



And the days are marked by the heaviness of the heart

It never mends until the healing begin



And the tension prowls the streets like an animal

The people stay behind their locks and chains

It's a shame

When so many are trying their best to live as one

And the smoke from the fires covers the sun



A young girl is lying in the dirt

Her dreams ended there

Caught in the crossfire on somebody's turf

Hatred in the air



It's a voice that never sings

A winter without the spring

It never ends

It's time to let the healing begin

It's time to let the healing begin