Long Cruel Chains (11 of 52)

Long Cruel Chains
Rocky Alvey & Nathan Griffin © 2010

The momentum of your presence, is overwhelming to my body and my soul
Requiring superhuman effort, of my will, not to surrender full control
It seems as though I'm living, for those moments, you descend from up above
I'm only gaining your attention, when I forge another link in
these long, cruel chains, of love

Thinking we were bound together, I soon found the only prisoner was me
And I signed away my life to you, while grasping at a promise to be free
I've been wearing these restraints so long, now I can taste the metal in my blood
When you hear that distant rustling, it's only me adjusting
these long, cruel chains, of love

Unyielding weight of expectations, nearly drowned me at the bottom of your dreams
As I begged for your compassion, you explained just how it just didn't fit your needs
So when I've given ever drop I have to give, I know, it still won't be enough
do you realize this my friend, a slave is tied to either end
of these long, cruel chains, of love