From the recording Blue
Lyrics
The Humbling Lyrics
I was due for a reckoning
Or at least a humbling
But you don’t always get your due
I was due for an offering
What would you give me?
Something worthless to me
That means so much to you
And I can’t be sure I can be saved
I don’t want to be thrown away
Can I have a day?
I got all this integrity I haven’t earned yet
And I leave it around so someone might steal it
I’m a slave to the vanity what does it cost me
to be pretty for you with no concept of beauty
And I can’t be sure I can be saved
I don’t want to be thrown away
Can I have a day?
If you could spit me out
If you could remove doubt
That’s something I’d pay for
If you could reach me now
You couldn’t wipe my brow
I’ve got nothing to feel shame for
I got all this inside of me
It feels like poison
But I’m getting it out
So it’s not gonna kill me
You will end up a memory but just barely
And I can’t be sure I can be saved
I don’t want to be thrown away
Can I have a day?