Understand?

To understand me, really
We have to go back to the beginning
To the, once upon a time of the story
Where everything I thought I was holding on to was real
And I sold my eternal soul, in a raw deal
See I got nothing in return for my sin
Just heartache and heartbreak from the reapin
Drinking, drugs and women started out as fun
But just like every season, it had its' day under the sun

And I found myself in a new home
In that valley deep
The place where I sold my soul
And the darkness was all mine to keep

It started out as just a little drink just a little toke
A little party because well, you know life is joke
Little did I know, the devil was playing me
Because in the end, I paid a price for thinking, sin was free
Please lend me your ears pay close attention
Because you, you just might learn a lesson
I became something I never wanted to be
What started out as fun, nearly destroyed me
So please please, listen closely

I found myself in a new home
In that valley deep
The place where I sold my soul
And the darkness was all mine to keep.

Having so called fun found me wanting
There was never enough drugs or drinking
Never enough to pay for my habit
So I became a thief, just so I could have it
It wasn't long til I was in the streets
Caught up in violence and redefining why my heart beats
I was in love with chaos and violence
I became their puppet, suffering in silence
A slave serving wholly in obesiance

Because I was in a new home
In that valley deep
That place where I sold my soul
And the darkness was all mine to keep

But near the end, in my confusion, a blade found my flesh
When it was about to kiss my wrist,
There was a still small voice, calling through the darkness
And surrounding me with HIS HOLINESS
In my living room I was driven to my knees
Calling on Jesus with tears streaming down my cheeks
And it was there

In that new home
In that valley deep
Where Jesus saved my soul
And said, I am HIS now, eternally to keep...