EVERY BREATH A STUTTERED PHRASE
BROKEN LINES THAT FILL THE PAGE
REGRETED CHOICES I HAD MADE
FASTED MUCH THROUGH SLOW DAYS.

THROUGH IT ALL I WAS AFRAID
DAYS FELL INTO SHADES OF GREY
RETRACED MY STEPS BUT COULD NOT SAY
WHERE IT WAS I LOST MY WAY.

DAYS AND YEARS HAD SET THE STAGE
BONDED ME IN STATES OF RAGE
PROVIDED ME THE PERFECT CAGE
HAD MADE MYSELF A SLAVE.

WEEKS AND MONTHS, LIVED IN HASTE
THIS LIFE LEAVING ME TO WASTE
MY FORMER SELF WAS BUT A TRACE
TROUBLED TRUTH I COULD NOT FACE.

TALKED TO GOD SEEKING GRACE
BUT TURNED MY BACK ON WORDS OF SAGE
FELT MY FINAL RESTING PLACE
BUT I WAS UNAFRAID.

IN THIS MY HEART NO LONGER RACED
FOUND STRANGE PEACE, THERE PLACED
CONFUSED, THIS UNFAMILIAR TASTE
REPRIEVED BEFORE AN OPEN GATE
AND I WAS UNAFRAID.

IT WAS THEN I KNEW I COULD BE FREE
FROM THE MONKEY CHASING ME
I COULD SEE WHAT HE COULD NOT SEE
TRUTH WAS FREEDOM BELONGED TO ME
AND I WAS UNAFRAID.