Before I Broke
Verse 1
There once was a time
When I was brave
Then the world happened
And something inside me gave
For all the good it did
I walked as far as I could
And if I had it all to do again
I know I never would
Pre-Chorus
I've come so far, I've lost so much
So many names cut into stone
It's too heavy to look back at all
So I keep my eyes locked on the road
And I don't dare turn an inch
Chorus
'Cause before I broke, I would have believed
That life had hope, that it all had meaning
That love was a wall nothing could get through
That the ones you love can't be torn from you
Before I broke
Before I broke
Verse 2
Then I got sick, and they took my kids
It all came down in the space of a blink
Now I trudge on with my broken wife
Two mourners at the wake of our own life
Pre-Chorus
I've come so far, I've lost so much
It's too heavy to look back at all
So I keep my eyes locked on the road
And I don't dare turn an inch
Chorus
'Cause before I broke, I would have believed
That life had hope, that it all had meaning
That love was a wall nothing could get through
That the ones you love can't be torn from you
Before I broke
Before I broke
Bridge
I lost my dream job, then all my dreams
I lost my house, my dog, my family
Lost everything that ever meant a thing to me
Now I'm broken, and I'm waiting to be free
Final Chorus
Before I broke, I would have believed
That life had hope, that it all had meaning
Outro
But some nights her hand finds mine in the dark
And for a moment I almost believe
Like I did before I broke