The sweet ain’t as sweet without the bitter, baby.

All my troubles were so far away

But now they seek to captivate

I left them locked in another town

Held down so tight they couldn’t leave the ground

But my absence could only last so long

Now I must undo what I did wrong

Wash the blood from my face

And fight again before I lose my taste

For life, for love, for passion and pain

To stand against the same old game

And when I make my first step again

On golden heels, on a broken land

I’ll try to remember all that I loved

The colours, the sounds and the heavens above

Those walls for giants won’t keep me in

They won’t stop me from leaving

Those voices that wrap themselves around

Will not touch my ears to make a sound

And everything I’ve held onto

Will hold me back from hurting you

And nothing will keep me there

Adrift among the barren air

But nothing will make sense until

I crawl back up that merciless hill

On my mangled hands and knees

My walls will melt and I’ll seize to be

A spectator in this menagerie

A voiceless facilitator of catastrophe

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