It takes a lot to be somebody you don’t want to be
To give somebody back what you can’t keep
Hoping that a lover can be gracious in defeat
Knowing you could never be. It takes time

And time makes me so curious that I no longer sleep
Time makes me so fickle I can’t breathe
I owe so much to love that I left drifting on the breeze
More than I can bring myself to speak
It takes time. It takes time

To say a word and learn to believe it
Let go of what you need gone
Keep hope when you don’t see it
Keep on moving along
Speak out what you believe in
Make up for what you’ve done wrong
And let it go, and start to open up again

It takes a lot to watch somebody tear at every seam
Knowing you’re the cause of what they feel
And pain will make them furious until they find release
Until you know they’re ready to make peace
And that takes time. That takes time

To say a word and learn to believe it
Let go of what you need gone
Keep hope when you don’t see it
Keep on moving along
Speak out what you believe in
Make up for what you’ve done wrong
And let it go, and start to open up again

Takes a lot to see somebody cry when you care but it’s just not right
Takes a lot to see somebody cry out when you care but it’s just not right
Takes a lot to see somebody cry, takes a lot to make it right and

Say a word and learn to believe it
Let go of what you need gone
Keep hope when you don’t see it
Keep on moving along
Speak out what you believe in
Make up for what you’ve done wrong
And let it go, and start to open up again