The words that I once loved
Now drip with unease
As I step back and at once
See the forest for the trees
It won?t matter our intentions
Our hopes or our plans
What matters is the end result
This book in my hands
No one will know how well we meant
How much we sacrificed
Cause this story?s how we broke the world
And couldn?t pay the price
So I?ll redact and I?ll revise
Recut the truth and redefine the lies
Step back and see our story
Through the future?s eyes
An agonizing revision
Made with exact precision
Only alone can I see this vision through
Spare the world
And then make it back to you
Verse
I?ve the power to change things
And I know I have to try
And I called it. I knew it.
Now I?ve got to pin down why
Put aside your pride, Lucretia
Time you stopped pretending
A story isn?t good
If we all hate the ending
I?ve learned that faith is lovely
But never goes as planned
If you want something done
Take it into your own hand
So I?ll redact and I?ll revise
Recut the truth and redefine the lies
Step back and see our story
Through the future?s eyes
An agonizing revision
Made with exact precision
Only alone can I see this vision through
Spare the world
And then make it back to you
Bridge
They?ll be safe, they?ll be happy
When the past is redacted
Same people and same world
Just with some bits subtracted
Give them beaches and sun
And a taste of their favorite things
Give them the world
And a chance to sample the flavor it brings
Give them crafts and keeps and love
And a chance to reset
All the pain of the past
The stories and songs
And the choices we?d rather forget
So I?ll redact and I?ll revise
Recut the truth and redefine the lies
Step back and see our story
Through the future?s eyes
An agonizing revision
Made with exact precision
Only alone can I see this vision through
Spare the world
Spare the world
And then make it back to you