Lyrics
Prisoner
I am a prisoner
Living inside my shell
Lost deep within this hell
Nowhere to go
I am a prisoner
Hidden inside the mess
Hoarding my loneliness
It’s all I know
Someday soon I’m gonna break free
Run off where nobody can see
Take this burden, lay it on down
Say so long, not making a sound
Suddenly so light I can fly
Goodbye
I am a prisoner
Straight up or over ice
A living sacrifice
To what I crave
I am a prisoner
Blink twice and turn around
Bend down and touch the ground
I am its slave
I am a prisoner
Richer than any king
Refuse to share a thing
Of what I earn
I am a prisoner
Do it with anyone
It’s never any fun
Yet still I yearn
I am a prisoner
Light up and let it in
A human specimen
Of wasted years
I am a prisoner
No one can see the knife
As slowly, slice by slice
I disappear
© Richard Eppedio and C.R. Keyser-Posner/Smokesongs Ltd.
