[Verse 1]

I'll tell you flat out

It hurts so much to think of this

So from my thoughts I will exclude

The very thing that

I hate more than everything is

The way I'm powerless

To dictate my own moods

[Pre-Chorus 1]

I've thrown away

So many things that could've been much more

And I just pray

My problems go away if they're ignored

But that's not the way it works

No, that's not the way it works

[Chorus]

When I go down

I go down hard

And I take everything I've learned

And teach myself some disregard

When I go down

It hurts to hit the bottom

And all the things that got me there

I think, "If only I had fought them."

[Verse 2]

If and when I can

Clear myself of this clouded mind

I'll watch myself settle down

Into a place where

Peace can search me out and find

That I'm so ready to be found

[Pre-Chorus 2]

I've thrown away

The hope I had in friendships

I've thrown away

So many things that could have been much more

I've thrown away the secret

To find an end to this

And I just pray

My problems go away if they're ignored

But that's not the way it works

No, that's not the way it works

[Chorus]

When I go down (When I go down)

I go down hard (I go down hard)

And I take everything I've learned

And teach myself some disregard

When I go down (When I go down)

It hurts to hit the bottom

And all the things that got me there

I think, "If only I had fought them."

[Bridge 1]

Any control I thought I had

Just slips right through my hands

While my ever-present conscience

Shakes it's head and reprimands me

Reprimands me

Then and there

I confess

I'll blame all this on my selfishness

Yet You love me

And that consumes me

And I'll stand up again

And do so willingly

[Bridge 2]

You give me hope

And hope, it gives me life

You touch my heavy heart

And when You do You make it light

As I exhale (Ah)

I hear Your voice

And I answer You (Ah)

Though I hardly make a noise

And from my lips (Ah)

The words I choose to say

Seem pathetic (Ah)

But it's a fallen man's praise

'Cause I love You

Oh God, I love You

[Bridge 3]

Ba-ba-ba

Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba

Ba-ba-ba

Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba

And life is now worth living (Ba-ba-ba)

If only because of You (Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba)

And when they say that I am dead and gone (Ba-ba-ba)

It won't be further from the truth (Ba-ba-ba, ba-ba-ba)

[Outro]

When I go down

I lift my eyes to You

I won't look very far

'Cause You'll be there

With open arms

To lift me up again

To lift me up again