The Only Through is In - Carrie Newcomer

Can’t get over it

Can’t go around it

Can’t get under it

I know because I tried

Checking the walls on every side

And if I could pray

Or do this any other way

I’d have done it long ago

The only way out is through

But the only way through is in, again

Where the soft soul waits

And hearts beat and break

And the real wars are waged and won

By song

This runaway train

In a well-worn brain

More of the same

Can’t be sustained anymore

So I walked in through that door

And it felt like dying

But it feels like trying

Yet I’m still only halfway there

The only way out is through

But th only way through is in, again

Where it’s hard as stone

And clos to the bone

And real wars are waged and won

I think that

You might be

The bravest soul

I’ll ever meet anywhere

Just sitting in that chair

And with shaky hands

I saw you make your stand

And I believe you can, you can

The only way out is through

But the only way through is in, again

Where the soft soul waits

And hearts beat and break

And the real wars are waged and won