Locked Up One More Night
WHEN I WAS LOCKED UP IN THE THOUGHT
OF THE ONE THAT'S BEING BOUGHT
IT ALWAYS LEFT ME WITH A SIGN
THAT SAID THAT YOU WOULD NOT BE MINE.
THE ONLY WAY TO ESCAPE
WAS TO RIP THE UGLY TAPE
RIGHT OFF MY TENDER LIPS
AND THROW IT WHERE THE SEA DIPS
DOWN TO THE BLACK ABYSS
WHERE FISH LIVE LIVES LIKE THIS.
IN THE DARKNESS THERE THEY HIDE
WITH NO ONE BY THEIR SIDE
JUST LIKE THE LIFE I SEE
WHEN ALL THAT I CAN BE IS LABELED ON A BELL
THAT SEEMS TO ALWAYS YELL
THESE PROBLEMS THAT I TRY
TO KEEP BENEATH THE LIE
THAT I CAN SHOW DEFEAT
THAT I CANNOT BE BEAT
WHILE ALL THE WHILE I KNOW
THAT I'M JUST PUTTING ON A SHOW
TO HIDE THE UGLY SIN
WHICH I AM LIVING IN.
OHHH HELP ME TO ESCAPE,
TO LIVE A LIFE OF LOVE
WHEN ALL THAT I CAN BE
IS HIDDEN FROM YOU ABOVE.
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