Abundant chemistry set fire beneath my feet
Sad lines of guilt define your face
Lips gray in stone capped shame
You used to walk so free
Now in a place of humility- crawling
I was the face of comfort you called on
I've become a distant borderline stranger
Run me clean like the river that rages
Cut me down to the beauty of beginning
I'll save you in a sailing dream
I'll turn a cheek to your loaded gun
I've been walking aimlessly
Grief is the aching I've known
Thinking on that night
I saw the kindness leave your eyes
Dissident heart chilled the air
You refused to hold me one last time
What did I do
To make you so cruel
The more love I poured out
The thicker your shield became
Once shared flesh
Severed by religious grain
Hanging hearts on lamp posts
Slaughtered in the name of holiness
Self denial and sacrifice
Threads woven to save a family name
Reputation hanging in the mouth of death
To save what's external
Murdered love buried in soil
For the greater eternal lifeline
