verse 1 All this time it was staring me in the face I was so far gone I could have ended it right there I was dead in the ring, lost in the race All this time it was with me when I was nowhere verse 2 Well it cuts the deepest when you watch it moving in And there ain't nothing you can do to turn it round There ain't no armor can save you then Love takes no prisoners on this battleground And letting go is the hardest part When holding on has been everything Well I have this pain deep in my heart That's why I sing, that's why I sing verse 3 Cut me open when I'm dead and gone You'll see this one ring, stained dark as wine This was always to be part of my story Not yours but mine, not yours but mine And letting go is the hardest part Holding on, some semblance of control Well I have this pain deep in my heart But I am still whole, I am still whole And I will waste my heart on fear no more I will find a secret bell and make it ring And let the rest be washed up on the shore They can't be tamed, these wilder things No, they can't be tamed, these wilder things