the sum

I'm sick; I'm not doing well.
I'm writing home because
I need your help.
Living the dream ain't so dreamy, darling.
Living the dream ain't me.
'Cause I can't kill this animal between my ears,
and I can't stop feeding it what I've fed it for years.
Can you restore what's been taken?
Can you restore what's been given away?

What good is freedom if my heart's a slave to sin?
My allegiance lies with me.
Oh my pride is overwhelming!

My hands ready, my body poised for malevolence,
but I can't keep fighting it
and I can't swim through the tears.
Can you restore what's been taken?
Can you restore what's been given away?

I'd like a little of your blood, but that's all.
Just enough forgiveness to keep on being careless.
Am I more than the sum of the things I have and haven't done?

How do we undo what's already been done?
With nothing to stand on we fall.
We've been falling before we first arrived.

Can you restore what's been taken?
Can you restore what's been given away?
Am I more than the sum of the things I have and haven't done?
Am I more?

~ Give and Take by Abandon Kansas

The most true and beautiful song on a stunning album.