AnnaLeigh Jones

You say you know me.
You think you do.
But you've forgotten;
I know how to lie.
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I've been living inside your perfect lie
a thousand years too long.
I can't escape, I dont remember
the truth which opens the door.
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When he is in my audience
My voice will tremble.
If he is among those hearing me,
My bow on the strings will tremble.
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Oh daddy, let's play hide and seek.
Start counting to ten, but don't peek.
I'll hide under my bed while you and mommy talk a little too loud.
Daddy, please don't find me yet.
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Up the hill, to the gate of the garden,
Do I silently crawl.
My solitude of secrets and memories,
Vines growing up the wall.
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Let me hold on to you, my love.
Let me savor this angel, fallen from above.
I am yours wholy, now please by mine.
Let heavan and earth be intwined.
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If I had not this heavy iron chain
which ties me to a lions open den,
If I had not these tears of breaking pain,
would you, then, carry me home again?
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I let you lose yourself, my friend,
so you could find the man you lost.
Well, have you found him yet?
Of corse not.
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If I ever speak no one will understand.
For I speak the language which everyone knows,
but no one remembers.
The words which everyone has heard,
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You Lie
You have everyone fooled
But I can see the lie
I know your armies of control are disguised
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Would you come to
Our garden secret place
Where I used to sing; where you first saw my face
Bring your shovel, Bring my seed,
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Don't Breathe
A breath now may seem sweet
but the price of air is too high.
The sound you would make
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Look at us
Here again

Filling in the empty spaces
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I was never perfect,
But when life was too much
I needed you
To be strong because
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Blink, pictures behind my eyes.
Memories tear my arm.
Sound the alarm.
Blink, the lights flash in the skys.
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I know that you have been hiding yourself
In a dark room, disguised
As a Romanesque Cathedral
Hidden, yet obvious to itinerant eyes.
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Darling, did you know that I'm still here?
Did you know that I still care?
You're my only reason to stay my dear,
So why do you not see me?
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For a hundred years I've wandered in the dessert.
No food, no water,
No meat for slaughter.
My husband left nothing to sustain me for now or forever.
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The first day, the last tear:
Reality, non-existant.
The first step, the last hope:
Tortured by sheer distance.
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Stare at the floor and don't be seen.
You can take this, You can take anything.

Stay strong, you child, you've shed too many tears.
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