(Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)

Just one wrong step I took, one step that cost me everything

But it was too late when the glass shattered

It was too late when the strings suddenly tightened

and suddenly no one could save me

Maybe they weren't meant to

(Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)

Words were just words, perhaps they were never meant to be used like arrows

But I am the one who stepped into the water, thinking it was shallow

and now I have to stitch back the pieces

or leave it all together :

Wear a face that was never mine

(Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)

Maybe I should repeat those words to myself, because I know they are true

Silently grasping a concept that was far beyond my knowledge

But yet I still reached, and called your name

trying to form the words that would scream in my head

but silently drop from my lips

(Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa)

But still, what started unspoken remains unspoken

even if it must be ignored

Just drown out everything with work to be finished

And when you're done, go get some more

(Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa )

"My fault, my most grievous fault"

And once it goes, it will stay

Never leaving even if I wish it away

Until I force myself to forget

What all happened that day