Helpless she lies across the stairs
Haunting your days, consuming your breath
There will be healing but don't force this girl to stand
As she's counting the ceilings with pale voice and trembling handsYou told me life was long but now that it's gone
You find yourself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those belowWhispered notes from the piano in the corner of the room
Hold your throat is that healing that your hearing in her tune
Wanting change but loving her just as she lies
Is the burden of the man who's built his life on loveYou told me life was long but now that it's gone
You find yourself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those belowI'll be locked up in store
In the lavender ward
'Cause my mind is just like her's
Just as broken, just as crippled, just as burnedAnd then I find myself on top as the leader of a flock
Called to be wrong for those below
Songwriters
BENJAMIN WALTER DAVID LOVETT, EDWARD JAMES MILTON DWANE, MARCUS OLIVER JOHNSTONE MUMFORD, WINSTON AUBREY ALADAR MARSHALLPublished by
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