Bad

If you twist and turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would
Let it go
Surrender
Dislocate
If I could throw this
Lifeless lifeline to the wind
Leave this heart of clay
See you walk, walk away
Into the night
And through the rain
Into the half-light
And through the flame
If I could through myself
Set your spirit free
I’d lead your heart away
See you break, break away
Into the light
And to the dayTo let it go
And so to fade away
To let it go
And so fade away
I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake
Wide awake
I’m not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no
If you should ask then maybe they’d
Tell you what I would say
True colors fly in blue and black
Bruised silken sky and burning flag
Colors crash, collide in blood shot eyes
If I could, you know I would
If I could, I would
Let it go...
This desperation
Dislocation
Separation
Condemnation
Revelation
In temptation
Isolation
Desolation
Let it go
And so fade away
To let it go
And so fade away
To let it go
And so to fade away
I’m wide awake
I’m wide awake
Wide awake
I’m not sleeping
Oh, no, no, no

I have seen addictions in my family destroy marriages, parent/child relationships and ultimately lead to death. I know the matters that U2 express so poetically and sing so passionately of. To feel the pain of others in bondage, the powerlessness, the profound sadness when they push love and acceptance away.

"Bad"

We cannot experience God’s acceptance offered through another person unless we let that person give it to us; then and only then will we be able to receive grace, love, guidance and acceptance.

Lost in the darkness
Silence surrounds you.
Once there was morning
Now endless night

If I could reach you,
I’d guide you and teach you
To walk from the darkness
Back to the light. Jekyll & Hyde The Musical

“I don’t need you” is the language of a wounded heart. Birthed in rejection it seeks to self-protect. It sometimes scratches and claws at others who care. Grace is the face love wears, when it meets failure. This allows us to let others love us and fulfill the scripture in Ephesians 5:21:
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.