Daniel Plato - Confessions Lyrics

I'll take three steps forward
And two steps back
It seems I'm being held
By this burden I've kept
And I
Don't think I can lose it
I'll set my eyes before me
Get my head on track
But I keep turning around
To catch a glimpse of my past
And I'm
Afraid I'll pursue it
Under the weight of these confessions
Under the weight of these confessions
Under the weight of these confessions
Under the weight of these confessions

I am not trying to be someone that I am not
I'd be a fool if I thought I could pull that off
My heart it is beating so fast I just want it to stop
Show me Your vision and I'll say it's all that I've sought
I'll say that I'll give it all that I've got
But I think you can tell a liar
Silly me
Playing with matches
But never expecting the fire
Now I'm seeing
It burn everything to the ground
While I'm lost in desire
This is not who I'm supposed to be
I'm hanging close to the edge
And approaching the point of just cutting the wire
So that I can freefall
It's crazy
But I feel like I've been here before
The devil's been knocking so loud
I guess it's only time before I go
And open the door
Let him in like he's welcomed
I've been finding it hard to repel him
I used to know just what to say
But of late I've been finding
That turning away these temptations
Is turning too seldom
This is not how it's supposed to be
I pictured life through supposedly visions
Envisioned by those who sought pleasures
Enclosed to be opened by those who were hoping
I guess it was closed to me
I can see the sun setting
But I've got so many sins left to mention
Progress is seeming to pick a direction
But it's moving slow 'cause it's under
The burden of all these confessions

I'll take three steps forward
And two steps back
It seems I'm being held
By this burden I've kept
And I
Don't think I can lose it
I'll set my eyes before me
Get my head on track
But I keep turning around
To catch a glimpse of my past
And I'm
Afraid I'll pursue it
Under the weight of these confessions
Under the weight of these confessions
Under the weight of these confessions
Under the weight of these confessions

Don't tell me to turn around
I know what's happened
Don't say that these problems are lasting
Cause you know I haven't stopped
And there's more that I've dragged in
I just want them in the past tense
Bury them deep in a grave that I've fashioned
Fasten it tightly with every action
Further ignoring the fact that I'm using
A mind that it's maimed and a heart that it's blackened
I see the sun and it's setting out there
I feel the dark creeping in on me
And I know I'm not prepared
I will try to invoke a deep breath
So that I can just whisper a prayer
You can bet I am scared
Of what's coming
Knowing what I'll be confronting
Something inside me knows that I can't get away from it
But then there's another voice screaming
That I should keep running
"Run. Run." That's what it's saying to me
Every time that I stop it reminds me of how I am weak
Of how I've got nothing to offer and no one to please
I usually notice the difference between the truth and the lies
But it getting so hard to see when the sun is retreating
I'm watching it steal away any last remnant of light
So I'll go
Will I ever return? I don't know
There's a million questions that I will forego
Following voices that come from below
I'm chasing fruit that's forbidden
And my conscience is seeming to lose all its fight
You say that you want me
Well if that is true then you'll have to come follow me into
The night