I'm a prisoner Of words unsaid Just lonely feelings Locked away in my head I trap myself further Every time I stay quiet I should start to speak But I stop and stay silent And now I've made My own hard bed Inside a prison of words unsaid I am a P.O.W. Not a prisoner of war A prisoner of words Like a soldier I'm a fighter Yet only a puppet Mostly I only say What you wanna hear Could you take it if I came clear? Or would you rather see me Stoned on a drug of complacency and compromise M.I.A. I guess that's what I am Scraping this cold earth For a piece of myself For peace in myself
It'd be easier if you put me in jail If you locked me away I'd have someone to blame But these bars of steel are of my making They surround my mind And have me shaking My hands are cuffed behind my back
I'm a prisoner of the worst kind, in fact A prisoner of compromise A prisoner of compassion A prisoner of kindness A prisoner of expectation A prisoner of my youth Run too fast to be old I've forgotten what I was told Ain't I a sight to behold?
A prisoner of age dying to be young To my head is my hand with a gun And it's cold and it's hard Cause there's nowhere to run When you've caged youself By holding your tongue I'm a prisoner Of words unsaid Just lonely feelings Locked away in my head It's like solitary confinement
Every time I stay quiet I should start to speak But I stop and stay silent And now I've made My own hard bed Inside a prison of words unsaid
P.O.W ~Alicia Keys
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- 16 years, 7 months, 19 days ago
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- 16 years, 7 months, 19 days ago
Right now I feel like a bird Caged without a key Everyone comes to stare at me So much joy and revelry
They dont know how I feel inside Through my smile I cry They dont know what theyre doing to me Keeping me from flying
Thats why I say that I know why the caged bird sings Only joy comes from song Shes so rare and beautiful to others But I just set her free so she can fly, fly, fly Spreading her wings and her song Let her fly, fly, fly, the whole world to see Hmmm hey ooh shes like a caged bird Fly, fly, ooh, just let her fly, just let her fly, just let her fly Spread wings Spread beauty.........................By Alicia Keys Flor de lotoFeisty
- 16 years, 7 months, 25 days ago
