She's from a coal town down by the water

Grew up as a pastor's daughter

Her hands are black but her soul is clean

And on them Sundays she'll lay back and ponder

Is this all life has to offer

And some days it's harder than it seems

That's how I met you last December

Laying face up on that shore

Praying for the day that you won't have to pray no more

And I been

Sick of old apologies

It's fine with me if we're finding out

How to make things better now

So all these paths forged fast forward

Time that we've been given

Cause you can't live life on the backside of forgiveness

All day that sun still shines but it's you that makes me melt

Forgive but don't forget yourself

Lost in the backroads

Losing battles

It's hard enough to keep my health

I love to pass over

My own four-leaf clover

I'm lucky but I doubt myself

So all these paths forged fast forward

Time that we've been given

Cause you can't live life on the backside of forgiveness

All day that sun still shines but it's you that makes me melt

Forgive but don't forget yourself

It's hard to find the sunshine when

Every day it's rain

It's hard to make the world a better place when you feel pain

It's hard to be the bigger person when you feel the same

It's easy to forgive, but it's hard to take the blame

So i keep all these paths forged fast forward

Time that we've been given

Cause you can't live life on the backside of forgiveness

All day that sun still shines but it's you that makes me melt

Forgive but don't forget yourself

Forgive but don't forget yourself

Forgive but don't forget yourself