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MELISSA ETHERIDGE lyrics : "Silent Legacy"

Why did you steal the matches
From the one room motel
Once they gave you answers

Now they give you hell
They will never understand
They wonder where did they go wrong

How could you be so selfish
Why can't you get along


And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy


You've seen it in the movies
And you've heard it on the street

Craving the affection
Your blood is full of heat
They don't listen to your reasons

As original as sin
Deny all that you feel
And they will bring you home again


And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free

You are bound to your silent legacy

Your body is alive

But no one told you what you'd feel
The empty aching hours
Trying to conceal

The natural progression
Is the coming of your age
But they cover it with shame

And turn it into rage

And as you pray in your darkness

For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy


You are digging for the answers
Until your fingers bleed
To satisfy the hunger

To satiate the need
They feed you on the guilt
To keep you humble keep you low

Some man and myth they made up
A thousand years ago


And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you free
You are bound to your silent legacy


Mothers tell your children
Be quick you must be strong

Life is full of wonder
Love is never wrong
Remember how they taught you

How much of it was fear
Refuse to hand it down
The legacy stops here


Oh my child...

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