Prison
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They say "You don't belong in the cage" Then tell me, why do I feel safer here? Why does freedom holds me bound? And why do I choke from the very oxygen I breathe? Tied to this bars, why do I feel they re protecting me? These walls, they safe guarding me Tell me, why do I mistake these thorns for crowns? And chains for ornaments? They say "2000 Years ago You made a declaration for the emancipation of the slaves" They say you hung on a stake And there lies every handwriting Of my slave master against me Abolished While in the middle of the deep blue sea You came and took control of the sail Became captain of my soul.You promised we will dock safe on the shore I believed you, I still do But lord these waters, they trouble me This ocean is too deep Still, you tell me to walk on it And I'm sinking in Are you sleeping? I'm drowning Yet you tell me to trust in you Well, I trust in you When you said Faith the size of mustard seed Can rearrange mountains Into low leveled landscapes I trust in you... When it feels like the dark Lingers longer than the light And I don't understand Why you let the things You let happen I trust in you Even Where my feet fails And fear surrounds. Covered in this veil And tears abounds I still trust in you If these fears are a tornado I need your peace be still I need your peace be still When the storms are overwhelming I need your peace be still I need your peace be still When it feels like I can't breath With your oxygen let my lungs be filled Let my lungs be filled I need your peace be still Your Peace be still Fourteen is too young For the arms to meet what it feels like For a body to be lifelessly cold And I'm wondering How firm did my grip needed to be To be able to hold onto his soul? The soul of the one who gave me birth I remember silently screaming your name I needed you to come save the day Lord But hey Living without a father figure? What does the future hold for me If he's not here to help me figure? Well, I figured Maybe if I cover this wounds with bandages of distractions Lurked in the dark, pretend it doesn't hurt Spend all nights in front of the TV screens Remotes controls on one hand The other creams Staring at these demons, the shape of eight Like mummies on the inside disfigured And on the outside I'm this figure everybody looks to Mehn... my soul screams Lord... you see my circle, golden You see this rod daily I'm holding But hold on can You hold me up? There's a hole in me, and I'm drowning deep Everytime I put my hands on the plow I feel a million miles away This distance Is killing me Seventeen In a game that seemed like chess To death I lost my sister queen And at the sound of the news to my ear drums I knew you were king. Forgive me if my heart became too numb To take knee If this mind started to doubt, When you called me your knight I felt like like a pawn Used and deceived by these bishops as I watched them paint you Love I grew comfortable behind these prison walls But Oohhhh how wrong I was "Cos" When your pain is all you see You loose sight of God When you let yourself be overcome by sorrow You drown from it And when your rook is all there is Don't loose sight of all the king has done He is the one who calls from the great unknown See I have walked on waters. And i don't know if my next step will sink or float I don't know if these mountains will move or stay Yet I trust In you If these fears are a tornado I need your peace be still I need your peace be still When the storms are overwhelming I need your peace be still I need your peace be still When it feels like I can't breath With your oxygen let my lungs be filled Let my lungs be filled I need your peace be still Your Peace be still I hated the look on their faces When the heard my cells were born sickle It was like the unconsciously put me in a box and labeled it fragile Handle with care Making a mental list of my seeming limitations Run- that's all I could read in the faces scribbled with Pity all over them I was running on a treadmill for years I was running out of confidence and hope The very things that kept me going I was running from acceptance The very start of my victory The more I ran The more stagnant I felt The very things I was running from were catching up with me These lines on my skin are beyond poetry These tales are beyond moonlight Run and run all you can For what a man runs to is all that counts To let the whispers of his promises drown every voice of fear I have hidden my heart in the embrace of his love and will He is for me and his love does not shift like shadows My heart will continually trust Now I know that a man is only free when he reaches the end of himself So run and run all you can What a man runs to is all that counts If these fears are a tornado I need your peace be still I need your peace be still When the storms are overwhelming I need your peace be still I need your peace be still When it feels like I can't breath With your oxygen let my lungs be filled Let my lungs be filled I need your peace be still Your Peace be still For me and many more like me It's not a question of your existence What we pursue is not load of your blessings Beyond these waves cause us to see your essence Teach us the art of your endurance And lord let our souls be filled with your presence Because in the end that is all that really counts
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