Personal Revolution

<p>Freedom from the past<br/>Didn&#x27;t last through time<br/>Things don&#x27;t change<br/>Because I pretend they&#x27;re fine<br/>Do I flip the switch<br/>To give myself a happy life<br/>To be a happy man<br/>In a happy home with a happy wife?<br/><br/>Jesus, if you came<br/>To give life abundantly<br/>Then how do You respond<br/>To all the pretense that You see?<br/>Do I break Your heart<br/>By all the faking that I do?<br/>There are so many places<br/>I haven&#x27;t let You into<br/>I&#x27;m so tired of all these easy solutions<br/>I can&#x27;t stand it, they&#x27;re nothing but dеnial<br/>I think I need a personal revolution<br/>How can I expеct the heart to sing<br/>When I don&#x27;t let the soul ever feel anything?<br/><br/>Some have known the cruel touch<br/>From a trusted man<br/>It&#x27;s like pain and pleasure<br/>Walking hand in hand<br/>Like a clown in makeup laughing<br/>You might&#x27;ve never read their face<br/>But buried in their soul<br/>Is a dark and painful place<br/><br/>The mind must know<br/>What the soul can endure<br/>So it locks up tight<br/>In the face of what&#x27;s impure<br/>The wounded heart<br/>Must be gently understood<br/>If it&#x27;s ever to reveal<br/>The incidents of childhood<br/><br/>I&#x27;m so tired of all these easy solutions<br/>I can&#x27;t stand it, they&#x27;re nothing but denial<br/>I think I need a personal revolution<br/>How can I expect the heart to sing<br/>When I don&#x27;t let the soul ever feel anything?<br/>Whatever the pain<br/>Today it&#x27;s just as real<br/>We don&#x27;t talk about it<br/>We don&#x27;t trust and we don&#x27;t feel<br/>Are we so afraid<br/>If our soul was ever known<br/>Nobody would love us<br/>We&#x27;d be rejected and all alone?<br/><br/>If we continue to pretend<br/>The pain will never end<br/>To pretend that we are fine<br/>Is a trick of the mind<br/>Do I turn my back on God<br/>When I speak honestly?<br/>Though I&#x27;m quick admit<br/>The problem is me, that&#x27;s right<br/><br/>I&#x27;m so tired of all these easy solutions<br/>I can&#x27;t stand it, they&#x27;re nothing but denial<br/>I think I need a personal revolution<br/>How can I expect the heart to sing<br/>When I don&#x27;t let the soul ever feel anything?<br/>When I push the pain down and I hide it away<br/>I&#x27;m storing up trouble for another day<br/>Personal, personal revolution<br/>I don&#x27;t want to, don&#x27;t want to<br/>Don&#x27;t want to live this way anymore<br/>Personal, personal revolution<br/>There&#x27;s a change, there&#x27;s a change a-coming<br/>A-coming down the road<br/>Personal, personal revolution<br/>I need a great, big personal revolution...