This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
I won't waste away
I won't let this take me down
I can't survive
As long as I keep it around
I wish it would fade
But it will just sell me out
Over and over and over
I cried out loud
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
I run till I break
From the way it was killing me
Profuse to the day
I'll suffer afraid to speak
I carry the shame
And beg for a remedy
How long must I live
With the damage of my disease
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
I won't let this take me down
I can't survive
As long as I keep it around
I wish it would fade
But it will just sell me out
Over and over and over
I cried out loud
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
I run till I break
From the way it was killing me
Profuse to the day
I'll suffer afraid to speak
I carry the shame
And beg for a remedy
How long must I live
With the damage of my disease
Somebody save me
Somebody save me
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
The race I run
I keeps me farther on
The man I could become
The damage done
I want to wash the filth away
Till there is none
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Damage Done [Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Myles Kennedy Mark Tremonti
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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