Sarah Slean
Album: The Baroness
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Just to hear the sound of water,
Just to put the fire on ice.
I’m lying down in the shower;
O mercy, loosen the vice.

Sometimes the sword is so heavy,
And the pain has a ravenous mouth;
In the pits of my own making,
Sometimes I don’t think I’ll ever get out.

All the world stroking their comas,
And the madmen making the news;
Bent over like a beggar,
I was saying “it’s no use.”

This ain’t the world for intelligent women,
Unless you like swimming in your own dark sea.
These are times for urgent rhymes,
But where the poetry?

When the light, the light is hard to find,
And you’re walking blind;
You only need to change your mind
Your mind.

Wide awake and hope-infected,
I became a glittering queen;
Every light in my direction,
Was a bright, magnificent green.

Adorned with invisible riches,
I saw my stitches glowing so bright.
No, the burden was not heavy,
For the master, it was light.

When the light, the light is hard to find,
And you’re walking blind;
You only need to change your mind.
You only need to change your mind,
Your mind. [x2]

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