Well, I want things to be right,
Can't stand the tension between you and me,
Every dream, every longing, takes a backseat to this,
Only one thing gonna set me free.

Oh, I believe there is one thing we need more than to be understood or be known,
It's our need; a true, undeniable need,
For me and for you, this is our need: it's forgiveness.

And so I wonder why, can't keep the world straight,
Got a question mark in my heart,
And when evil overcomes me, find myself crying out for a brand new start.

Oh, I believe there is one thing we need more than to be understood or be known,
It's our need; a true, undeniable need,
For me and for you, this is our need: forgiveness.

That's what we need,
Oh, forgiveness now,
That's what we need.

Oh, I believe there is one thing we need more than to be understood or be known,
It's our need; a true, undeniable need,
For me and for you, this is our need: forgiveness,
Oh, I believe there is one thing we need more than to be understood or be known,
It's our need; a true, undeniable need,
For me and for you, this is our need,
Whoa, I believe there is one thing we need more than to be understood or be known,
It's our need; a true, undeniable need.

This is the straight-up, undeniable, no confusing it for something else need of every heart, of every woman, every man that ever was or ever will be, that's right,
Sweet, sweet forgiveness, come even now,
Come even now, come even now.