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I Wanna Let You Out of the Box

from Until My Ankle's Better by Destroy Nate Allen

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I had a 4th grade teacher who told me I couldn't spell. I've struggled with spelling ever since. A few years later I really started to struggle with what people thought of me. Punk rock provided some reprieve and I was able to just reject people but that fuel ran out some time ago. I have to deal with what's in front of me. Right before I wrote this song I had a conversation with a friend about some changes he was wishing to see in his life. And I was reminded that I can only help somebody out as far as I've gone myself so I started digging through my past. I'm a firm believer that we speak life and death over people, and that we when choose to forgive people and change how we treat them it can have a very empowering effect on everyone involved. I like to say we all have demons, mine just happen to be Christian ones.

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Since I was in 7th grade I've wondered what the people say whenever I walk away
Since I was in 4th grade I've wondered how to spell afraid and that sounds like a summary to me
Since I was past 22 I wondered what they did to you and if my words they cut you like a knife

Chorus: I wanna let you of the box (x3) but I'm scared

Hellfire is coming soon & I'm sleeping in past noon not worrying about the climate or the times
we've got to escape some way so I planned out a holiday to throw away my worries like a child
then in the middle of my spring break I stumbled upon my mistakes and now I've gotta see where I went wrong

Chorus

Christian school can leave a mark and I'm praying for a brand new start from the scars it left that only I can see
so if truth lies in the consequence and grace is more that evidence then how can I apply what I've learned

because I'm getting older and I can't just walk away
until I've put my demons in the ground (x 2)

Chorus:

hope and resolution found I'm gonna build on the solid ground and forgive those friends who let me down

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from Until My Ankle's Better, released August 13, 2010

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