Lyrics

Sometimes I've done some things
And I've thought
Well that was then

Sometimes that I've done things
And thought
That was wrong

Sometimes I've done things
And thought
Well that was strange
But I have to see for myself
Before I could change

I have to see the harm I've done
Before I can change anything

Sometimes I do something
And think, there has to be another way
Sometimes I'll do something
And think that's just not okay

Sometimes I'll do something
And wonder what was ???
But I had to see the harm I've done
Before I can change

I have to see the harm I've done
Before I can change anything

Well I have to see the harm I've done
For myself

[I almost knew that that's not good enough]
I had to see for myself the harm I've done
Well I have to see the harm I've done
Before I can change my way

Lyrics

I had to see the harm I'd done
Before i could change
I had to see the harm I've done
Before i could change my ways

I thought that I was honest
Cause I would not lie
But this did not make me tactful
This did not make me nice

But I had to see the harm I'd done
Before I could change
I had to see the harm I'd done
Before I could change my ways

I thought that I was shaking up the status quo
Thought that I was going where they dared not go
I was mildly condesending
To the patient and the slow

But I had to see the harm that I was doing
Before I could change
I had to see the harm I'd done
Before I could change my ways

Portents in the air but I couldn't read them
Omens all around that I should have spied

Why didn't someone tell me
That I was doing something wrong
Well they tried
They tried

The signs were all around me
That a pox was on my play
But my course of understanding
Was not charted in one day

I had to see the harm I'd done
Before I could change
I had to see the harm I was doing
Before I would change my ways

I had to cringe before I could understand
I had to feel before I could atone
Here I was, now humble
Horrified, remorseful
Alone

I thought I was amusing
But I missed my mark
I was not outwardly abusing
But could be rude and stark
Oblivious to all
In my narcissistic haze

But I had to see the harm I'd done
Before I could change
I had to see the harm I've done
Before I would change my ways

Not tolerant of tradition
Not catering to convention
Not caring if I shocked them with my rude displays

But I had to see the harm I was doing
I had to see the harm before I could change my ways

Well now I thank the souls that hinted and sent guiding words to me
But their words could not upright me
I had to feel
I had to see

I had to see the harm I was doing
Before I could change
I had to see the harm I'd done
Before I could change my ways

Well I thought I was perceptive
But my aim was wide
I thought I was progressive
But was just plain snide
I thought I was straightforward
But needed help with my smart remarks

But I had to see the harm I'd done
Before I could change
I had to see the harm I'd caused
Before I could change my ways