Oh this desperation deep within my soul,
Oh this hesitation, but screaming out so bold,
I can't breathe deep enough to take you all in,
I can't speak loud enough to denounce this awful sin,

Chorus:
Yesterday is the East,
and I am the West,
Don't hold me down
God of second chances
Come reach inside my chest,
Don't hold me down

I am on the inside looking deeper in,
I'd go back to the start,
But God where did I begin'
Yesterday I have forgotten,
Still it burns within my soul.
I took all that you'd given me,
And cast it down below I am treading the horse latitudes,
On the endless grid of grace,
Repenting fifteen minutes from when I spat into your face,

I am not the man I claim to be,
A captain never fails,
Still you took these rags I've ripped apart
And turned them into sails.