How to forgive
I have to want to forgive
Forgiveness is removing the thorn stuck in
MY side
—So the poison stops seeping into my system—
Then removing the poison from my system
Altogether.
It's not about saying bad is good
Or saying what they did was OK.
It's about detaching myself from the effects
Of other people's acting out
So
Here goes
People act crazy and mean
Hell
I act crazy and mean
So I can't talk
Anyway
Why is it affecting me?
Because I got plans, baby
And them a-holes 'r'-interfering with maa plans
'f-I'm upset, you betcha,
There's a plan
Thing is
My happiness does not depend on my plans
Succeeding
Because
Whatever bit of my brain produces plans
Doesn't stop when plans succeed
And instead carries on producing reasons
Why I can't be happy
'Until ...', 'When ...'
'As soon as ...','If ...'
And gets cranky when the plans
Don't succeed
Which means
If the planner is activated
I will never be happy
The world ain't the problem
It's the damn planner
So
If I wanna be happy
I need to deactivate the planner
I need to drop the plans
Drop the judgement
And recognise
I can be OK
Whatever happens
If I flex around
What is
And stop demanding
It not be
What it is
As for them
Crazy people gonna be crazy
Mean people gonna be mean
Let them swirl
In their little crazy, mean worlds
And have compassion
Cuz it's rough being crazy
And it's rough being mean
And it's worse being both
And
What's more
I don't need a ringside seat
It's not worth the popcorn
Maybe
Pick better places to be
Pick better people to be with
I have to want to forgive
Forgiveness is removing the thorn stuck in
MY side
—So the poison stops seeping into my system—
Then removing the poison from my system
Altogether.
It's not about saying bad is good
Or saying what they did was OK.
It's about detaching myself from the effects
Of other people's acting out
So
Here goes
People act crazy and mean
Hell
I act crazy and mean
So I can't talk
Anyway
Why is it affecting me?
Because I got plans, baby
And them a-holes 'r'-interfering with maa plans
'f-I'm upset, you betcha,
There's a plan
Thing is
My happiness does not depend on my plans
Succeeding
Because
Whatever bit of my brain produces plans
Doesn't stop when plans succeed
And instead carries on producing reasons
Why I can't be happy
'Until ...', 'When ...'
'As soon as ...','If ...'
And gets cranky when the plans
Don't succeed
Which means
If the planner is activated
I will never be happy
The world ain't the problem
It's the damn planner
So
If I wanna be happy
I need to deactivate the planner
I need to drop the plans
Drop the judgement
And recognise
I can be OK
Whatever happens
If I flex around
What is
And stop demanding
It not be
What it is
As for them
Crazy people gonna be crazy
Mean people gonna be mean
Let them swirl
In their little crazy, mean worlds
And have compassion
Cuz it's rough being crazy
And it's rough being mean
And it's worse being both
And
What's more
I don't need a ringside seat
It's not worth the popcorn
Maybe
Pick better places to be
Pick better people to be with
In fact
Get a better picker
If I keep picking crazy and mean
It's the picker that's the problemo
And then
Get on with the day
Get on with my life
And don't look back
Get a better picker
If I keep picking crazy and mean
It's the picker that's the problemo
And then
Get on with the day
Get on with my life
And don't look back