Marks of a painful past Behind an illusion there was something good Marks of a violated past I lost my innocence, I gained suffering I, I speak of the pain That I felt so much I speak of the marks That I expose here I opened my heart For Christ to heal me He reached out to me And for me he went to war He came on my behalf He took me out of the darkness Now I know what it is to live Now I know what it is to live Marks of a painful past The pain I fed Now has ceased Marks of a violated past I lost my innocence, I gained suffering I, I speak of the pain That I felt so much I speak of the marks That I expose here I opened my heart For Christ to heal me He reached out to me And for me he went to war He came on my behalf He took me out of the darkness Now I know what it is to live Now I know what it is to live Far from illusion Now I know what it is to live Now I know what it is to live Now I know what it is to live Far from illusion of the marks of passion, marks