This is My Own

Pick up my mind. It's in pieces at your feet.

There's nothing you can do to restrain me now.

You'll have to pin me down and somehow

tie me back. Cage me in.

Lock me up and throw away the key.

Everything that should be

isn't here. It never came. It never showed

by any name.

This was supposed to be a world

filled with every shade of light.

The rainbow shined once in my eyes.

That was a dream, but

who's to say

that I could never see my day?

You pushed until we reached the edge.

That violent wave that passed the ledge

and made me jump into the sea.

You are not you. But you're not me.

I have a voice that's all my own.

Go listen and then please go home.

Lie awake until you know

that everything you thought was true

was never here.

And I'm not you.

Return

Sometimes all I need is a muse.

Like when everything I thought I loved and knew

comes untrue.

It's all untrue.

And you, you just sit there

and watch from afar.

View my heart. It's not hard

to see my heart.

It's burning in this fire.

Reaching higher than the hills.

And if it was your desire

to bury me, then that's my will.

Your wish is all I want to be.

I used to wish that I was free.

But if freedom is something you despise

then I will turn my wandering eyes.

Take me home. It is not here.

I've lost my will, my faith,

my fear.

And everything I once held dear

is gone.

A Million Truths

"How I wish you could see the potential...

the potential of you and me.

It's like a book elegantly bound, but

in a language that you can't read

just yet."

I think I love you.

I think I wish you loved me back.

Every time you smile, I smile too. I can't help it.

When you talk, I always listen.

I remember every word you say.

You have a way about you that no one else does.

When you walk into view, my day gets better.

You are more beautiful than anyone I know.

I wish you knew the way I saw you.

I wish every day I could make you happy.

I know that I can make you laugh.

Nobody can make my eyes smile anymore like you do.

I would wait forever.

I would do anything at all.

I would leave here and let you forget me if that's what you wanted.

That's not what I want.

I want to hold you forever.

I want to tell you I love you every night.

I want you to smile and know

that someone is always going to be there for you

with no stress, no worries,

no arguments. Just a love

that would bend over backwards

to put a smile

on your face.

What Can Never Be Stolen

I was a fool to think you couldn't love me

just because I'd run away.

I'd turned my face from all you are.

Forgotten that you light the stars

And when the night came down and I finally saw

the things I'd done all standing near

I cried and wondered why you'd want to be near

a sinner in saints clothes.

But you picked me up and held me close.

And told me, "Child, I already know.

These things you've done can never cause

me to love you any less.

You are mine. And you are blessed.

And I will always love you."

Well I cried because I knew it was true.

All the things I've done against you

would never be held back against me.

It's a wonder, one I'll treasure close.

Yeah, I'm still running, but you know

that every day I'm just a mile closer

to a home that you are in.

There is no race. Nothing to win.

Cause I've already won all your love.

From the day I was born I was yours.

Call me by name, call me your bride,

take your daughter to your side

and hold me there until I cry.

Then tuck me in, light up my sky,

and stay beside me through the night.

Let me know

each time I wake

that you love me.

And that's something

no one

can take.