Freed

The ice is thin come on dive in
Underneath my lucid skin
The cold is lost, forgotten
Hours pass days pass time stands still
Light gets dark and darkness fills
My secret heart forbidden...
I think you worried for me then
The subtle ways that i'd give in but i know
You liked the show
Tied down to this bed of shame
You tried to move around the pain but oh
Your soul is anchored

The only comfort is the moving of the river
You enter into me, a lie upon your lips
Offer what you can, i'll take all that i can get
Only a fool's here...

I don't like your tragic sighs
As if your god has passed you by well hey fool
That's your deception
Your angels speak with jilted tongues
The serpent's tale has come undone you have no
Strength to squander

The only comfort is the moving of the river
You enter into me, a lie upon your lips
Offer what you can, i'll take all that i can get
Only a fool's here to stay
Only a fool's here to stay
Only a fool's here...

Well my time has come quickly,
I go lickety-splitly down to my old '55
As i pulled away slowly,
I was feeling so holy,
God knows,
I was feeling alive.

Now the sun's coming up,
I'm riding with lady luck,
Freeways,
Cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade,
And i lead the parade
Just a-wishing i'd stayed a little longer,
Oh, lord,
Let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger.

And it's six in the morning,
Gave me no warning;
I had to be on my way.
Well there's trucks all a-passing,
And the lights all are flashing,
I'm on my way home from the place.

Well the sun's coming up,
I'm riding with lady luck,
Freeways,
Cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade,
And i lead the parade
Just a-wishing i'd stayed a little longer,
Oh, lord,
Let me tell you that the feeling's getting stronger.

Well my time has come quickly,
I go lickety-splitly down to my old '55
As i pulled away slowly,
I was feeling so holy,
God knows,
I was feeling alive.

Now the sun's coming up,
I'm riding with lady luck,
Freeways,
Cars and trucks,
Freeways,
Cars and trucks,
Freeways,
Cars and trucks ...

I looked into your eyes
They told me plenty
I already knew
You never felt a thing
So soon forgotten all that you do
In more than words i
Tried to tell you
The more i tried i failed

I would not let myself believe
That you might stray
And i would stand by you
No matter what they'd say, i would have thought i'd be with you
Until my dying day
Until my dying day

I used to think my life
Was often empty
A lonely space to fill
You hurt me more than
I ever would have imagined
You made my world stand still
And in that stillness
There was a freedom
I never felt before

I would not let myself believe
That you might stray
And i would stand by you
No matter what they'd say, i would have thought i'd be with you
Until my dying day
Until my dying day

Hey your glass is empty
It's a hell of a long way home
Why don't you let me take you
It's no good to go alone
I never would have opened up
But you seemed so real to me
After all the bullshit i've heard
It's refreshing not to see
I don't have to pretend
She doesn't expect it from me

Don't tell me i haven't been good to you
Don't tell me i have never been there for you
Don't tell me why
Nothing is good enough

Hey little girl would you like some candy
Your momma said that it's ok
The door is open come on outside
No i can't come out today
It's not the wind that cracked your shoulder
And threw you to the ground
Who's there that makes you so afraid
You're shaken to the bone
And i don't understand
You deserve so much more than this

So don't tell me why
He's never been good to you
Don't tell me why
He's never been there for you
Don't you know that why
Is simply not good enough
So just let me try
And i will be good to you
Just let me try
And i will be there for you
I'll show you why
You're so much more than good enough...

I remember the nights i watched as you lay sleeping
Your body gripped by some far away dream
Well i was so scared and so in love then
And so lost in all of you that i had seen

But no one ever talked in the darkness
No voice ever added fuel to the fire
No light ever shone in the doorway
Deep in the hollow of earthly desires

But if in some dream there was brightness
If in some memory some sort of sign
And flesh be revived in the shadows
Blessed our bodies would lay so entwined

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And i will oh i will not forget you
Nor will i ever let you go
I will oh i will not forget you

I remember when you left in the morning at daybreak
So silent you stole from my bed
To go back to the one who possesses your soul
And i back to the life that i dread.

So i ran like the wind to the water
Please don't leave me again i cried
And i threw bitter tears at the ocean
But all that came back was the tide...

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