The Cross Lyrics - Enchant

[Music & lyrics - P. Craddick] 

I am weighed down by this pain 

I am blackened by this stain 

But I can't complain 

We have to choose and deal with the rest 

I must meet this challenge 

I must pass this test 

Have to work with what I've got 

Have to walk before I run 

No point in always looking back 

The past can't be undone 

And I have this cross to bear 

Can't pretend it isn't there 

Trust, once broken, so difficult to repair 

Trust me, though 

To try and make it there 

Life is truth and dare 

We have to choose and deal with the rest 

In this labyrinth of options 

This pitfall ridden quest 

Have to work with what I've got 

Have to walk before I run 

No point in always looking back 

The past can't be undone 

And I have this cross to bear 

Can't pretend it isn't there 

The nails are driven in 

But not all the way 

There's no tragic necessity 

Tomorrow can be a better day 

So here I sit, alone 

Peruse my thoughts, survey my heart 

And work to reconstruct 

This whole that's splintered into parts 

Life is a dare 

We have to choose and deal with the rest 

I must meet this challenge 

I must pass this test 

Have to work with what I've got 

Have to walk before I run 

No point in always looking back 

The past can't be undone 

And I have this cross to bear 

Can't pretend it isn't there: 

Yet this pain behind your stare 

Shows the depth of how much you care