Steve Dawson - It Was a Mistake Lyrics

It was a mistake
We're paying for it now
We were running in place
We were moving backwards somehow
And nobody's thoughts
And nobody's prayers
Will ever erase
The evil we watched
It was a mistake

It was a mistake
The trees engulfed in flames
I shook you awake
Til you cursed my name
By the time the sirens arrived
You'd already made your escape
Blameless and free
It was a mistake

A tidal wave
A butterfly's wings
I suppose it was asking too much
To think you might do
The decent thing

It was a mistake
You were lying the whole time
Our trust was misplaced
You left us there to die
Still, we breath and walk around
And try to ignore the ache
But everybody knows
It was a mistake
Oh, it was a mistake