A Self Portrait lyrics

Today the sun burned away at my face and I just let it burn.
Another angel turned her back on me.
She folded her wings and hung her head.
God, you gave me this heart,
but I was wondering if I could trade it in.
I wail and I weep for I cannot sleep;
for I stare at the ghosts of my own design.

Driving past the quiet steeples in the night.
I harbour these tears in my eyes.
She thinks she is hearing sounds in the night
and I am fighting just to sleep
and I wail and I weep.

The bells will ring in the steeple in the morning.
And I`m just now trying to find myself.
Singing the words to create acceptance were never my good intentions
and now I`ve only a house full of regrets.

Shatter the glass of my eye.
And I will come to see this blinding darkness.
And I`ve lost sight of all that is real.
For I sit here alone; I write a novel of my own.
And there are no happy endings in this tradgedy.

The bells will ring in the steeple in the morning.
And I`m just now trying to find myself.
Singing the words to create acceptance were never my good intentions.
And now I`ve only a house full of regrets.

Sometimes I am almost content in my sorrow.
My ship is sailing to the seas.
So wave and blow your kisses
cause I`m not sure I`ll be home anytime soon.

I`ve set out to fail the world.
I`ve set out to fail myself.
I will dream the dreamers lie that everything is okay,
when everything isn`t okay.

He says my burden is also his but I don`t want to put this on him.
Stare up at steeples lost in the night.
I find myself so lost on the inside.

And now I`ve only a house full of regrets.
And as the wind blows it takes with it all the memories.
And as the breeze blows I turn my eyes to the skies and hope for hope
that this will soon come to pass.