If i were free to show the love inside my heart - without concern for what the repercussions might be - i would surely feel more free - in fact - i might just leave my body - for i would have no more need
for form - or for the norms - imposed by those who fear the true expression of - what lies inside of each and every one of us - but none of us - is told that it's okay to share it - or to show it - on the outside - wear your heart upon your sleeve - and you will see it bloodied -
by the beating that it takes - from the repeated bumps and breaks -
the disappointments and the failures - lack of faith from all naysayers -
guilt and shame we feel from birth - the questioning of our self-worth -
there is a path that leads to healing - guides reside inside the feeling -
and the subsequent revealing of - the thing that we call love

If I were free to show the love inside my heart

i often feel this crushing weight upon my soul - and on my very being -
it's a consequence of seeing - only negativity - in front of me - and all around - a darkness so profound - i cannot dig myself out of this hole i dug - with help from others - those who smother - anything approaching life and living - any giving of your truest self is just
forbidden - keep those secrets hidden - put your skeletons away
and leave them in the darkness - there beside the baggage you can't seem to part with

Must've been absent the day they handed out the rose-colored glasses -
and free passes - to the happiness lessons and care-free classes - as a matter of fact it's - getting hard for me to see the good around me -
didn't know how lost i was until you found me -
brick by brick i built this wall - and with some help I'll tear it down

If I were free to show the love inside my heart

i used to think it kept me safe - but now i know it keeps me separate -
isolated from the rest - away from those i might connect with -
time to cancel all this is nonsense - time for the unlearning process -
reconfigure everything inside my mind and find i want this -
love to grow and keep on growing - past the point of overflowing -
flood the banks and keep on rising - love is real keep realizing -
all i need i have already - love is what keeps it protected -
Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected

If I were free to show my love