All my life I spent, running from my fears Away from all the pain, the pain that I've left behind There's wounded everywhere, but I'm to hard to care They melt into the face of who I trust in I am beat, and I'm so tired of trying For a chance to earn grace all alone I am stone, I'm smiling, living, loving, dying There ain't much more than what you can see Deep inside I'm crying, for what I keep denying For that's the very thing that sets me free I waste so much time, feeding on self pride My own depravity is all that I can see So then I try to hide, the clothes of skin God's made I lay them on a shelf, and slowly they fade I am beat, and I'm so tired of trying For a chance to earn grace all alone I am stone, I'm smiling, living, loving, dying There ain't much more than what you can see Deep inside I'm crying, for what I keep denying For that's the very thing that sets me free