I’ve been dealing with heaps of pain
Cause I’ve been deep in the healing game
And you can’t heal without work
Like you can’t feel without hurt.

So if happiness
You want to claim
You got to work
Through your pain.

You can try run from it
Live a life of denial
But when you’re finally forced to face the summit
That might be too big a pile.

The sooner you can run to
The better off you’ll be
Or you’ll carry that pain through
The happiness you see.

Now somethings hurt
And that pain it never really leaves
But putting in the work
Allows that pain to really breathe.

You face the things you’ve lost
Be them others or bits of yourself
You reflect upon the cost
And accept some things can’t be helped.

That’s where the pain grows
Where it really finds its feet
Where there comes some heavy blows
That really get in deep.

But it’s when you push past that ceiling
And get really honest with your feeling
You enter the realms of dealing
And so begin the game of healing.

Some you do by yourself
Some maybe with your friends
We all have our own hells
And our own ways to mend.

But if you don’t air beyond your head
Express to someone else how you feel
You can carry that pain like heavy lead
While somehow denying that it’s real.

They say there is good in talking
There is with those you trust
Or it might be better to keep on walking
Till it feels right to open up.

These are things only you can know
You got to learn to trust how you feel
The process can be slow
But if you’re open you can deal.

And if you can open your mind
You can sure as hell open your heart
And in doing this may find
Your life begins or it restarts.

But when you open up them doors
Know you’ll be dealing with heaps of pain
For when you examine them heavy sores
You’ll be deep in the healing game.

So you take the steps that are natural
And try fear not when you do
Know all pain is natural
And relative to you.

And when the pain breathes its ache
Trust better times be coming through
Learn to trust each step you make
Get in touch with you.

The healing game is what we’re in
There’s no point in being coy
For we’ll be cut time and time again
But we’re in this life for joy.

Now I’ve been dealing with heaps of pain
Cause I’ve been deep in the healing game
But you can’t feel without hurt
And you can’t heal without work.

So if happiness you want to claim
You got to work through your pain
We all caught up in this the same
Lost in the healing game.

Learn to trust each step you make
Get in touch with you
Let the healing game take shape
And take some weight from you.

© Daniel Breslin