One Last Chance

I need another chance
I need one last chance 
I've looked at myself 
I don't like what I see 
I need another chance 
To try to do it right 
I can do it right 
If I have the strength 
If I keep my will 
If I direct my body 
I can do it right 
I need another chance 
Because I looked at myself 
And I'm goin wrong 
But I can do it right 
You can show me how 
Like you did before 
When I really needed to do it right 
I was in a fix before 
I was really in trouble 
It was sharp and quick 
It took me by surprise 
And you helped me then 
It was a matter of time 
But this time it's different 
It's been a growing thing 
It wasn't sharp and quick 
No no no no 
It didn't take me by surprise 
It came along slow and soft 
It crept and I saw it all along the way 
It came on bit by bit 
And I knew it all along 
The only difference is now 
It's gone too far 
It's gone too far 
It almost seems irreversible 
I need another chance 
I wanna do it right 
Cause when I looked at myself 
It was going all wrong 
I've got to change my style 
I've got to do something different 
I've got to be in my world 
I've got to see what I see 
I've got to hear what I hear 
I've got to move through time 
With me on my mind 
You can forget the rest 
Because if I think about it I'm gonna lose myself 
And it'll be too late 
Don't let it be too late now 
Don't let it be too late now 
I need another chance 
Cause it's gone too far 
I hope it's not irreversible 
Let me stem the tide 
Let me reverse this thing 
Let me put my hand up and say “Stop” 
Even “Turn around, go back where you came” 
Give me another chance 
Because I can do it right 
I can do it right 
I've got to do it right 
Because if I don't I'm gone 
I'm real gone 
And I don't want to lose 
All of my control 
I wanna be the driver 
The one ridin' in the trunk 
With the rope around my feet and my hand 
And a gag in my mouth 
Don't wanna be kidnapped by 
What? Who? Where? 
I wanna move through time 
With me on my mind 
I wanna be the driver 
I wanna say to my selves, 
“Move like you should, assemble yourselves 
and do right for this body, this mind, 
this soul, this spirit, this being” 
I wanna live right 
I wanna live so right 
I don't wanna go wrong 
And I see myself goin wrong 
So I've got to stop 
I've got to summon my powers 
I've got to drop off all the dead and dying 
I got to cauterize my wounds 
I got to stem the tide of the bad 
I got to say 
“Stop, turn around 
Go back to from where you came” 
I wanna be right, you bad go back 
Go back to from where you came 
Bad bad, go back, bad bad, go back 
I wanna be right 
I wanna be right 
I wanna control my body my soul my mind my spirit 
I wanna be in charge 
I wanna say it's like this 
I wanna say it's like that 
I don't wanna be told 
Don't wanna be told 
“You gotta be like that 
You gotta be like this” 
Cause it don't help none 
I know why I know where I know how 
I know when I wanna be 
I know what I wanna be 
I know how I wanna be 
I know when I wanna be 
I know where I wanna be 
I wanna be right in my own mind 
If I can't be right 
I'm gonna be gone 
I don't wanna be gone 
I just wanna be, me, here, now 
Give me another chance 
Give one more chance 
And let me do right 
Once and for all 
All time eternally 
I wanna be right eternally 
I don't have to be alone 
I can be alone 
I don't have to be alone 
But I can be alone 
But I don't have to be alone 
It doesn't matter 
Right is right 
It comes from outside, not from the outside 
I wanna be right from the inside out 
I want you to see 
I want them to see 
I want to be right for everyone to see 
I wanna be right 
For me, for you, for them, for the elements 
For space, for time 
Please give me another chance 
Don't let it be gone 
Don't it be the end of being right 
I saw myself right 
I let it go, give it back 
Give me another chance, give it back 
I let it go, give it back 
Give me another chance 
I wanna live right 
I wanna live right 
I wanna be in charge of my life 
My death, my eternity 
I wanna be right 
And I'll do anything 
I gotta summon my powers 
I gotta be myself 
I gotta have my will 
I gotta be myself 
I gotta get my strength 
I gotta conquer these foes 
I gotta beat up on bad 
I gotta elevate the good 
It's so easy to see 
Bad and good, I can see 
I can see what's bad and good 
I can look I can tell I can judge 
I can point my finger 
And say “That's bad, that's good” 
And deep inside I know 
I can't be wrong 
If I'm right, give me another chance 
I wanna be right 
I wanna be right 
I wanna be right 
Give me another chance 
Give me another chance 
Give me another chance 
Cause I looked at myself 
And I saw bad 
I looked at myself and I said 
“Oh, is it too late?” 
Is it too late? 
Oh, please don't let it be too late 
Don't let it be too late 
Help me reverse this trend 
Help me stem this tide 
Help me put my hand down and say 
“Stop, turn around, 
Go back to from where you came” 
Let me take the good 
Let me put it in myself 
Let me digest the good 
Let me emanate the good 
Let me be in control 
Don't let this sickness take me over 
Don't let these things get me down 
Don't let these things take effect 
Don't let em change me 
And I don't mind if I change 
But let it be good 
Let me change to the good 
Every time I change 
Every second I move 
Every time 
I turn around 
Kill the bad, kill em 
Kill the bad 
Kill the bad 
Generate the good in me 
Kill the bad things I got inside me 
Let them die 
They don't deserve, let em die 
Just kill em 
It ain't like killin' no 
It's annihilation, extermination, 
Elimination elimination 
Eliminate the bad 
Cast the bad 
Eliminate the bad 
I want to be good 
I wanna be right 
There's only one judge of that 
I know I wanna be right 
I gotta see myself right 
I got to see myself 
If I'm not right, why not? 
Cause I did bad 
Yeah, I did bad 
And I'll tell you this 
Bad is different for everyone that is different 
And that's everyone and everything 
So your bad's not my bad 
But I got bad and you bad 
Unless I don't know you like I know me 
But I know me, and I got bad, and I got wrong 
And I don't like it 
And I want to eliminate it 
I want it gone before I'm gone 
I want bad to be gone before I'm gone 
I don't want to be gone 
I want bad to be gone so I can be 
I don't be right 
I wanna be right 
Give me another chance 
Give me another chance 
I won't let you down, not this time 
Three strikes and you're out 
And I had one 
And I hit a home run 
But I stopped after first base 
And hey, they, 
They pushed me, they 
They pushed and pulled 
But they couldn't pull me any farther than that 
Must of been fear 
I think it was fear 
Cause I had it made 
I had the whole home run 
But I missed it 
Second time up 
I hardly even swung 
I didn't even try 
I quit trying 
I knew what I should be doin 
Every once in a while 
I'd touch my little toe in the water 
But I never did jump in 
I never did dive in to that water 
And that's what I know I gotta do now 
Cause if I don't do it now I'm gone 
Because wrong is at the point 
It's at the point of smothering me 
Smoldering me, drowning me, 
Putting me out 
And I need to burn my flame 
I need to ignite 
I need to spark 
I need to beam 
I need to shine my light 
Give me another chance to shine my light 
I don't want to go down 
I don't have to go down 
Not if I got some will 
And I got some power 
And I got some strength 
And I got some control 
And I'm the driver 
And I'm in charge 
I can do it 
I can do it 
Hey, I got to do it 
If I don't do it, I'm done 
It's either do or be done 
I'm not over yet 
I'm not over 
I'm never gonna be over 
I'm never gonna end 
I shall not end 
I'm not gonna be gone 
I'm gonna be forever 
Eternally I shall be 
And I'm not saying 
That I always was 
I'm saying I shall always be 
And I make this decision now 
I shall be 
I want to do right 
And there is no eye in this universe 
That can tell me 
What right is, because I know what right is 
And I know what wrong is 
By this time I know 
Give me another chance 
Give me another chance 
I surely need your help 
I surely need your help 
To conquer death 
To conquer evil 
To conquer bad 
I wanna be in charge 
I wanna control my destiny 
I wanna live up to my standards 
I know it can be done 
It came sharp and quick 
And you helped me 
And I conquered all 
Now it's come slow and soft 
And I need your help 
For the last time 
Cause if it's not this time 
I believe it's never 
And I can't face that 
I don't have to face that 
I demand your assistance 
It only takes one word 
And that word is yes 
Give me your yes 
And I'll give you mine 
I gave you mine 
I forgot it, and I'm sorry 
But you hit me hard