The Way I Want To Be Lyrics

Words and Music by Mike Stand

I want to look through the eyes that will shed a tear
With the broken lives that surround me here
And it takes some time to feel what they feel
And you're either phony or you're for real

Reaching our with open hands
One extends to heaven, the other to a friend
Now, help him up from the ground
Show him the love you that have found

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And I believe that's what people need
That's the way I want to be

Complete surrender a need to love
To undo the damage hate has done
The innocent have felt its wrath
Hate steals the love they should have
Selfishness take a final bow
There's no need for it when love's around
To put yourself before someone
It's always easier said than done

Walls of stone built around a man
Love crumbles it, into grains of sand
The walls that stood for so many years
Held back the pain and the fears
I want to look through the eyes that will shed a tear
With the broken lives that surround me here
Still everything keeps moving on

We'll never live until we love

Chorus