I can feel it in my bones

I am strong, I can take you on

I can smell it in the air

We've been there before

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You won't scare me with any word

You can lay your hands on

You won't cause no dread in my heart

No waves to wash away the rock I stand on.

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No-one taught me to fight when I first longed for some light

No-one moved to lift me up trying to rise with all my might

No-one bothered to show me how to find the words that rhyme

So this song, this song, it plays, it plays for me alone.

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Cancel your claims for prostration before your rickety throne

The only tribute I'm willing to pay is to myself.

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I can see it in your face that burnt-in trace

It's obsolete to try

I can hear it in your voice that long-made choice

Slowly sucks you dry

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You won't move me with any wail

You might force out of your lungs

Made my soul a stone, my heart a diamond,

Girl, you'll only break your fingernails

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There will be just me on a mountain's top

With a song in my head and words on my tongue

Shedding memories.