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One Walk Away (From My Secret Sin)

We’ve come so far But as thine is the kingdom We don’t know where we are The shadows beneath me Grasp ever so toward me As the heavens breech me As arrogant as I am The lessons I learn still don’t bother to teach me A day at a time, Father, My lord For you are all that I can afford But we are now just one walk away Late night phone calls Don’t we just wish we could relive them all My childhood dreams was in and out of foster homes What do you call home? I'm four years old and standing alone I only pray that we are one walk away They ask us why we pleasure being mutilated Just saw a little boy hang himself I guess he couldn’t take being humiliated When I was younger I’d bury my face in my pillow and pray that I didn't wake By all means I wish what I'm saying was fake We are but one walk away My life is something lived in feign Sadness reigns Insanity is the new claim Maybe my faults are absolved But what problem does that solve My eyes itch I think I died trying to relax in hot tubs Trying to find out what your love does I swear I cried blood But we are now but one walk away

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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