There was no time for pain   No energy for anger   The sightlessness of hatred slips away   Walking through winter streets alone   He stops and takes a breath   With confidence and self-control      I look at the world and see no understanding   I'm waiting to find some sense of strength   I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart to show me understanding      I need to live life   Like some people never will   So find me kindness   Find me beauty   Find me truth   When temptation brings me to my knees   And I lay here drained of strength   Show me kindness   Show me beauty   Show me truth      The way your heart sounds makes all the difference   It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel   The way your heart beats makes all the difference   In learning to live   Here before me is my soul   I'm learning to live   I won't give up   'Til I've no more to give   No more to give      Listening to the city   Whispering its violence   I set out watching from above   The 90s bring new questions   New solutions to be found   I fell in love to be let down      Once again we dance in the crowd   At times a step away   From a common fear that's all spread out   It won't listen to what you say   Once you're touched you stand alone   To face the bitter fight   Once I reached for love   And now I reach for life      Another chance to lift my life   Free the sensation in my heart   To ride the wings of dreams into changing horizons   It brings inner peace within my mind,   As I'm lifted from where I've split my life   I hear an innocent voice   I hear kindness, beauty and truth      The way your heart sounds makes all the difference   It's what decides if you'll endure the pain that we all feel   The way your heart beats makes all the difference   In learning to live   Spread before you is your soul   So forever hold the dreams within our hearts   Through nature's inflexible grace   I'm learning to live