Let the Healing Begin

I've kept it inside much too long
 There's no relief
 Carry it around just like a stone
 Too heavy for me
 I have paid the price of standing
 On the outside looking in
 It's time to let the healing begin
 A boy is strung out he's going through hell
 His mother weeps
 His spirit is broken and there's nothing left
 Just a terrible need
 And the days are marked by the heaviness of the heart
 It never mends
 Until the healing begins
 And the tension prowels the streets like an animal
 The people stay behind their locks and chains
 It's a shame
 When so many are trying their best to live as one
 And the smoke from the fires covers up the sun
 A young girl is lying in the dirt
 Her dreams ended there
 Caught in the crossfire on somebody's turf
 Hatred in the air
 It's a voice that never sings
 A winter without the spring
 It never ends
 Time to let the healing begin
 Time to let the healing begin