You live your life like a tornado. 

Destruction follows everywhere you go. 

And you have no plans to stop or slow (oh). 

I will not let this bitter root grow in me. 

I will not let you leave that legacy, 

But it gets so hard when pain is all I see (oh). 



And every time I find healing, you're making a new mess, 

And I am learning the real meaning of forgiveness. 



And I tried to remove myself from your path, 

But I keep on waking up in the aftermath. 

So I pick up again and say I won't look back (oh). 

And I will not let this bitter root grow in me. 

I will not let you leave that legacy, 

But this constant fight is breaking me (oh). 



And every time I find healing, you're making a new mess, 

And I am learning the real meaning of forgiveness. 



And it hurts when you hit at the hearts of the ones I love; 

When everything you touch is rubble and dust. 

And it gets so hard to know how to trust, 

But I will not let that bitter root grow. 

I will not let it, no no. 

But it gets so hard (oh). 



And every time I find healing you're making a new mess, 

And I am learning the real meaning of forgiveness. 

And I could move and never send you a forwarding address, 

Or I could learn the real meaning of forgiveness.