Forgive and Forget

I'm looking back to the start of how it all became so damn unkind
 to take another line out of another story with intent to call it mine
 It seems these days are getting longer without you by my side,
 and yet it hurts so badly when I have to tell you that I feel much more alive
 Take another example from an understanding that you'll find
 by giving up on someone and the loss of value just to help you pass the time
 I can't imagine the thought of hanging on
 Tell me something so I can make it wrong
 Heaven help me I'm starting to prolong, even in this song.
 I miss my friends, and though this anger never ends,
 I'll drink it up once more to what has been
 Another day left wondering; is this how it is and will it ever change?
 I'm sick of getting old, it's time to up and go
 This time I'll get it right and stick to what I know
 I've taken everything in spite of what I need
 It's like I'm living in West Side Story
 And everything else inside keeps turning on what seems right,
 enough to realize again, this is just a fight that's never gonna' end
 This isn't a line, or tale, or understatement of the year;
 it's just a memory of the forgotten times that helps me make my story clear
 I can't imagine the thought of hanging on
 Tell me something so I can make it wrong
 Heaven help me I'm starting to prolong, even in this song
 I'm taking the long walk home this one last time
 And thinking of better days that leave me blind
 I've taken a turn on life that's still not within my reach
 Enough to realize this sure makes sense to me