I Always Wanted It This Way

As I found out that I Had a lot to learn It turns out the tide Had to take its turn The line we had drawn Wasn't straight enough Though timelines were burned We rebuilt the trust I always wanted it this way I always hoped it'd be this way I shielded my heart To make sense of this The time spent apart That my conscience missed My mind Wandered thoughtlessly In that land Of uncertainty I always wanted it this way I always wanted it this way I've stayed At my station on the scene And frayed Like the circuits in between And played As the part of a machine And I found out that I Had my mind to learn