So slowly i'm losing Who i've sworn to be A promise in pencil That years have made so hard to read I've spent my life building walls Brick by brick and bruise by bruise... A birdcage religion that whispered me to sleep
But time is spinning silk That coils ruthlessly; With the devil's patience It binds my hands so quietly That soon it becomes a part of me
So soften these edges and straighten out my tie And help me remember The hope that i have compromised