Idol

I once was so brave. No fear laced my faith. I once was untamed.

Who am I today? What made me this way? A fraction. A Slave.

‘Cause when the fall set in, I had to sink or swim,

And so I did my best to raise my chin.

Now all that I recall is how it feels to fall,

I never want to feel that way again.

I used to believe caged birds don’t, can’t sing, I once had a dream.

But when the morning came the nightmare still remained,

It pulses through like poison in my veins.

It’s hard to close your eyes if the monsters in your mind.

I get so tired of wasting in these chains.

I don’t care what they say, I don’t care what they do,

I don’t care anymore ‘cause I’m living the proof.

And I’m stronger because of what I have been through,

And I know this is what I was made to do, made to do.

Well it all comes back with a vengeance now,

Oh the memories they still drown me in doubt.

But it’s strange remains what I feel for you,

I have no more hurt only gratitude.