Steve Mason
Lie Awake
(Spoken)I looked at many thus scorched by the fiery floorAnd though I scanned their faces with the utmost heedThere was no one there I recognisedBut I saw how stamped with chargeAnd torture plain to readAbout the neck of each, a great purse hungWhereon their eyes seemed still to fix and heed(Sung)At fifteen years oldI had to knowWhat makes you failAnd what makes you growI stared at my handsJust like foreign landsWould they do what I wish?Or would they persistIn holding me down?A stone in the groundAnd when I like awakeI fall through the side of my headAnd when I lie awakeI fall through the side of my headLetras de cancionesThe ones that you loveHelp rise aboveNot holding you backBut point out the trapsNot shouting you downThey help build a frownA scowl on you faceNever started the raceYou find what you were toldWas twisted and oldAnd you just can’t keep upWith all the money and the luckAnd when I like awakeI fall through the side of my headAnd when I lie awakeI fall through the side of my headAnd when I like awakeI fall through the side of my headAnd when I lie
From Letras Mania