By Ali
Date: 2 January 2001
Arms of Grace
Endless conversations
With faceless people
Yet everything is silent
The grey is somehow gone
Now there's only
Black and white
Some say right
Some say wrong
But the general consensus
Doesn't give a damn
But I can't keep
Losing sleep over this
No, I can't
There are too many thoughts
Compacted within my head...
Would you catch me if I fell
Fell out of
What I fell into
I'm tired of this
Absent-minded
Society
And it's half spoken
Rules
I don't know the laws
Except the ones I've broken
And the truth is an endangered species
That the liars strive to kill
So, the facts are hazy
And I don't know just what
I'm diving into
The words you speak
Flow from your lips
Like soft-spoken prayers
Do they qualify as truths
Or am I hearing
Pretty papered lies?
Is it simply that I
Wanna believe you
Or do I have a reason
To believe...
I have endless reasons
To run
And only one to stay
And if you look me
In the eyes
I just might tell you
Why I cannot walk away
From this
This over-done cliche
Even though there are
A million voices screaming
I hear a single voice
Inside myself
That whispers
To remain
Would you catch me
If I fell
If I fell...
Back into the arms of grace
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