I took a drive today
Time to emancipate
I guess it was the beatings made me wise
But I'm not about to give thanks or apologize
I couldn't breathe holdin' me down
Hand on my face kissin' the ground
Enmity gauged united by fear
'Posed to endure what I could not forgive...
Oh, Eddy Vedder, how you spoke for my teenage angst. How your words seemed to sum up all of my inner struggles, all of my battles when I was half the age I am now. It's so sweet that I find your words again quoted by a friend.
I seem to look away
Wounds in the mirror waved
It wasn't my surface most defiled
Head at your feet fool to your crown
Fist on my plate, swallowed it down
Enmity gauged, united by fear
Tried to endure what I could not forgive
I haven't been wounded by stones, but I have been stung by barbed words uttered behind my back, unsigned letters scribbled by ignorant, elderly paws and worst of all, the poorly veiled public letter to the people. Whoever first said, 'Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me!" was lying to himself. But I had a flash of light today... a brilliant moment of clarity when I realized that it no longer had any hold over me. I am set free.
I gather speed from you f**king with me
Once and for all I'm far away
I hardly believe, finally the shades are raised
"Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave. As you enter the home, give it your greeting. If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves."
-Matthew 10:11-16
Saw things so much clearer
Once you, once you...
Saw things so much clearer
Once you, once you...
I saw the words, building an empire of lies
All apologies but never a look in the eyes
Running in circles, end and means are the same
Invisible subjects without any names
Saw things so much clearer
Once you, once you...
Why would I cry as I shake the dust from my feet? Keep your castles in the sand. Like water off a ducks back I reject these words as I never look back, never look back.
Saw things so much clearer once you were in my rearview mirror!
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