Oblivious to the obvious: part 4 - in my hands

Too often life, it slips away
And failures can't be rectified
Everyone makes some mistakes
But I would have died unsatisfied

I saw myself at my very core
I don't want to be that anymore
Now I see through different eyes
I see the way that I have hurt their lives

Chains broken and left in the past
Bonds of my parents are gone at last
I've let go of who I've been
Escaped the prison they put me in

As I hold my life in my hands
I'll make good my second chance
Finally when I meet my end
I can be proud of who I am

Can't let memories haunt me
Unjustified actions taunt me
I have too much to repair
For all the years I was unfair

My redemption has just begun
And I know it will be hard
But I know that who I am
Is the person I should have been

Bonds broken and left in the past
Chains of the cycle are gone at last
Now I decide who I will be
No cloud of darkness hanging over me

As I hold my life in my hands
I'll make good my second chance
Finally when I meet my end
I can be proud of who I am

I will never again be the man I've been