As I walked across the bridge
With a backpack cross my shoulder blades
The Everglades below the wooden cracks

You had offered up a ride
So I might not get accosted by
The watery slide

But I said no I'd rather not
Said no I'd rather not step in

As I left my home I cried
And a substituted figure tried
To reconcile the things I'd left behind

You had opened up the door
And made a place where I could sit inside
And fortify

But I said no I'd rather not
Said no I'd rather not step in

I'm on my own
Now no ones been invested in
How no one knows what's best for him

I'm on my own
When no ones left to light the load
Then so one goes to lift alone

I'd like to embrace it all

Have I made this or is it
That I've been made?


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    As i walked across the bridge with a backpack cross my shoulder blades, the everglades below the wooden cracks

    you had offered up a ride so i might not get accosted by the watery slide

    but i said no i'd rather not said no.. i'd rather not said no... i'd rather not step in

    as i left my home i'd cried and a substituted figure tried to reconcile the things i'd left behind

    you had opened up the doors and made a place where i could sit inside and fortify

    but i said no i'd rather not said no... i'd rather not said no... i'd rather not step in

    i'm on my own i'm on my own i'm on my own i'm on my owwwwn

    now no ones ever been invested in how no one knows what's best for him

    i'm on my own i'm on my own i'm on my own i'm on my owwwwn

    when no one's left to light the load then so one goes to lift alone

    i'd like to embrace it like to embrace it like to embrace it all

    i'd like to embrace it like to embrace it like to embrace it all

    have i made this or is it that i've been made?

    mareebikeon September 10, 2012   Link

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