Have you ever been afraid of deserted roads Like you can’t walk them alone Have you ever been afraid to even leave your home For fear of what might come to pass When a guy says; check out her ass And so the feeling goes The shame, the blame, the game, God knows
Have you ever been afraid of having one too many Not because there are guards but coz there isn’t any To protect what you might call your virtue The catcalls that just hurt you As you walk down the street The uncomfortable feeling when your eyes meet
Have you ever been afraid to say me too, too For fear of what that punk might do As he braces against the wall Ready to hit you with it all
And I’m tired, I’m just weary And I want you to hear me When I say I know it’s not all guys But could you be the one who tries To make a change Coz isn’t it strange What silence will do When there’s walls between us two
His name is Fin and he is flying He gets my mind off thoughts of dying As everything is in decay And I’m always wondering who made it that way Coz if there’s a good God Surely he wouldn’t lead with the rod And I’m biting my nails and looking away But I’m waiting to see what he’ll say As the embodiment of Adiyogi I hope he’ll like me if he knows me And I’ve got this barrier, this cocaine wall But it doesn’t help me to stand tall So I show him where there’s a gap Give him out a detailed map So he can find his way to me And hopefully I’ll someday see What life is like to hold a hand To believe in truth and love a man
There's a place for you here
In a heart so warm
Resilient enough
To overcome the storm
And the wind is knocking
On my door every day
But when I meet you
There's nothing to say
Coz you're clever, you're brash
You're the epitome of suave
There's no mountain to climb
When you assuage
My fears with the danger
Of what you'll do today
I know there's nothing in the world
That I can say
That will stop you from heaving
The weight of the sea
But there was a moment
You were just there with me
In the ashes, in the fire
In the brave, in the free
You can call it forever
Or just destiny
But you match my endeavour
Like a hidden ring
And I know if you asked
I'd give up everything
To be the summer
In your glass of wine
Would it be okay
If I called you mine?
Its not something about you
Its intrinsicality
And I am only now
Beginning to see
That the same is true
For my own dear self
Indeed if we are talking
Is there anybody else
It was nothing that you said
It was nothing that you did
It was just the simple light
The simple light that’s his
That shines from every eye
From each and every pair
A subtle reminder
Of something that is there
But when I look in the mirror
All vacant and numb
Losing the looks
I never had when I was young
I see nothing but peace
Papered over with skin
Its nothing about me
Its just that I am him
Sailing a ship to the furthest forever
Irrespective of bad weather
Setting sail upon the tide
Life or death I’ll be alive
As the wind lifts me high
Upon the mast that I fly
No grounded bird to always be
But on the wings of the free
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