A Slave A Son

When I continued to run away

What kept me in your hands?

Did you ever think your flock would stray

Or that they wouldn't understand

When you said, "Wait here

Til I return with your brother

That was lost to the ways of the world?

Catch me in your arms

Like stars in the eyes of telescopes

And, once there I rest

Never let me go. No!

Never let me go!

It was your love that said,

You're no longer a slave, but a son

What could I learn

By fighting the fires

With matches and gasoline?

Oh how cruel and melodramatic are we

For trying to make sense

Of all of this!

Just don’t let me fall back

Through the clouds, to the ground

Catch me in your arms, like the stars

You hold in your hands