How To Let Go

Lights out, I sit down and I watch my mistakes as a movie, it won't stop You're outside, throwing out sparks, do you ever think about the past You live your life - no looking back, you seem to live with no regret Some healthy reminiscing is okay, but it shouldn't suffocate me Oh when I remember what was, the bad outweigh the good thoughts A shining spark gets overshadowed, now it's as dark as the night Why did or did I not say that, is what I think lying in my bed It just don't feel right Teach me how to let go Show me how to brush my mistakes aside to the back of my mind Teach me how to let go Show me how you forget so all you remember is happiness Lessons shouldn't be the only thing I gain from it all Teach me how to let go Mixed feelings in my memory will be overwritten with a tragedy I know I can be annoying I know I can disappoint Though it wasn't too bad in the end, I won't remember it like that I should check the box of my treasure quest: "Life lesson learned, on to the next" Oh when I remember what was, the bad outweigh the good thoughts A shining spark gets overshadowed, now it's as dark as the night Why did or did I not say that, is what I think lying in my bed It just don't feel right Teach me how to let go Show me how to brush my mistakes aside to the back of my mind Teach me how to let go Show me how you forget so all you remember is happiness Lessons shouldn't be the only thing I gain from it all Teach me how to let go And I have to relive that passage again until I can deal with what I said I write it down to stop the flashbacks And I have to relive that passage again and again so I can kick it out of my head I fold a paper plane and let it fly away Teach me how to let go Show me how to brush my mistakes aside to the back of my mind Teach me how to let go Show me how you forget so all you remember is happiness Lessons shouldn't be the only thing I gain from it all Teach me how to let go