How Can I Win (feat. David Zippel)

Paula

What happened to Paula?

So sad to see Paula

Fall apart

How can I learn to trust enough

And to stop believing all I hear are lies?

Open my heart, but just enough

To keep an open mind, but never close my eyes

To the dangers

I alert myself

Making efforts to assert myself

And discovering ways to hurt myself

That no one else has tried

How can I win if I'm not on my side?

How can I dare to feel again

If I can't let go of past mistakes I've made?

Living through each ordeal again

The faith that I misplaced, the price I overpaid

I've been able to endure enough

But I must not want the cure enough

I get back on my feet and sure enough

My hopes and fears collide

How can I win if I'm not on my side?

I live each day like my emotions are at war

But I don't remember anymore

Just who or what I'm fighting for

When will delight be mine again?

Will it come or can it be that it's too late?

I want the sun to shine again

But I must walk away from the shadows I create

And though I tell myself it's safer just to hide

How can I win if I keep retreating?

Cheating myself is self-defeating

How can I win if I'm not on my side?