Asylum

Sitting here wasting
just doing time
wondering what I'm gonna do with this life
Pacing to the wall and back
tugging at this straight jacket
gonna cut out my heart
with a sound studded knife
gonna lay it on the floor
gonna pierce my soul
I'm gonna defile my being
to a tempo set slow
i'm gonna map my escape
in every measure, every break
until I sound off my six steel string.

and let the music set me free
Let the music set me free

Breaking my guitar
up against four closing walls
now i've silenced my six steel string
but the minor key of E
makes everything depressing
gonna lift this dirge
to a happier key
gonna let my fingers stretch
make love to them frets
left higher than any other drug, lovin' bet
gonna hide all my scars
behind chromatics and the bars
until I sound off my six steel string

and let the music set me free
let the music set me free


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