Walkin' a Midnight Mile

Tossed too many jewels to the flow of the tide in the deep of the sea

Collected a montage of faux stones as if rough hewn diamonds to be

Emptiness filled the walls tight squeezing out space for love left in me

I'm walkin' a midnight mile lookin' for what it takes to be free

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Spent too much time walled in a strange corner pretending to see

Leaving me contorted in the cramped cell of his restrictive decree

A conflicted act of contrition falls dead without direction in its plea

I'm walkin' a midnight mile lookin' for what it takes to be free

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Learned Catholic doctrine dressed in a clean uniform just to the knee

Saw pomp and circumstance cup hypocrisy as if it's chaliced epitome

Blindly chased virtue that left me lost in a forest without a live tree

I'm walkin' a midnight mile lookin' for what it takes to be free

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No longer the little girl without a voice strong enough to disagree

When I fall, its by my own sword slicing through useless debris

Staking claim to my desires without need of false promises to flee

I'm still walkin' a midnight mile lookin' for what it takes to be free

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