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BETTER MAN
Artist: Robbie Williams
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Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man

Go easy on my conscience
'Cause it's not my fault
I know I've been taught
To take the blame

Rest assured my angels
Will catch my tears
Walk me out of here
I'm in pain

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man

Once you've found that lover
You're homeward bound
Love is all around
Love is all around

I know some have fallen
On stony ground
But Love is all around

Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I'm doin' all I can
To be a better man

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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I WAS A BETTER PERSON
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Really ... there was a time when I was an idealistic dreamer, one who believed in everything that was good.

I used to devour intellectual fodder like it was my sustenance.

Now, I suck on my cigarette like I am giving my sadness head.

I used to believe in the basic goodness of the human race.

I used to use my wish from the coin in the wishing well for world peace because I figured that if we all love each other; everything else will work itself out.

Now, I go into every conversation assuming that someone is lying.

I was brilliant, I was honest, I was loving, and I did not have a fucking clue how wonderful I really was.

Then it started to happen.

I started to hurt.

I started to retreat.

I replaced myself with a shell that could have resembled the person I once was, but who paled in comparison.

I drugged, I drank, and I cried ... I did everything I could think of to try to get out.

I am partially out now.

But I still have moments where I am really tempted to jump back in bed and never get out.

I used to have hope for the world.

Now, I walk out of my house and see that everyone is as scared as I am.

I still want to change the world, stop people from hurting, but I don't know if I am strong enough to do it.