always rewarded for learning every lesson / they said you'll reap just what you sow / believed the answer before i knew the question / now this is all i have to show / so i went stumbling in all the wrong directions / trying to hold on to what i found / but there's no currency in good intentions / sometimes they only weigh you down / chorus / empty my hands of all the stones i've gathered / empty my hands of all this weight / empty my hands show me what matters / there's got to be some other way / how can i erase those wasted years / recover everything i missed / i don't know where i should go from here / but i know i can't go on like this / chorus / i can't receive if my hands are full of dreams i have denied / i need so much more than to survive / chorus