The Prison
Melissa Etheridge"The Prison" is a song by Melissa Etheridge, released in 2001 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:15 long and contains 41 lines and 289 words.
Lyrics
0:12I was high and dry like the Kansas sky
0:18If I ached for any more I knew I'd surely die
0:24Night after night trying to get out of my skin
0:30Day after lonely day
0:35You'd send me back again
0:40I have stood inside this prison
0:46I have touched its stony walls
0:52I know before you try to run
0:57You gotta learn to crawl
1:01I tried to leave it all behind me
1:07I drove all night just to drive all day
1:13But the walls of this prison still surround me
1:19And I can't break away
1:34I held you so close I thought my soul would break
1:40But you were just a ghost
1:43The holiest mistake
1:46I will not be a judge or the one to set you free
1:52I'll just keep on drivin'
1:57And time's a friend to me
2:02I have stood inside this prison
2:08I have touched its stony walls
2:14I know before you try to run
2:19You gotta learn to crawl
2:23I tried to leave it all behind me
2:29I drove all night just to drive all day
2:35But the walls of this prison still surround me
2:41And I can't break away
2:56The sentence has been read everything is done
3:02I wish I could say goodbye to you
3:05Wish I could hold the sun
3:08My eyes are dull and burnt
3:11And they'll lie to me sometimes
3:14Cause I thought I saw you cryin'
3:24I have stood inside this prison
3:30I have touched its stony walls
3:36I know before you try to run
3:41You gotta learn to crawl
3:49I tried to leave it all behind me
3:54I drove all night just to drive all day
4:00But the walls of this prison still surround me
4:15And I can't break away
I was high and dry like the Kansas sky If I ached for any more I knew I'd surely die Night after night trying to get out of my skin Day after lonely day You'd send me back again I have stood inside this prison I have touched its stony walls I know before you try to run You gotta learn to crawl I tried to leave it all behind me I drove all night just to drive all day But the walls of this prison still surround me And I can't break away I held you so close I thought my soul would break But you were just a ghost The holiest mistake I will not be a judge or the one to set you free I'll just keep on drivin' And time's a friend to me I have stood inside this prison I have touched its stony walls I know before you try to run You gotta learn to crawl I tried to leave it all behind me I drove all night just to drive all day But the walls of this prison still surround me And I can't break away The sentence has been read everything is done I wish I could say goodbye to you Wish I could hold the sun My eyes are dull and burnt And they'll lie to me sometimes Cause I thought I saw you cryin' I have stood inside this prison I have touched its stony walls I know before you try to run You gotta learn to crawl I tried to leave it all behind me I drove all night just to drive all day But the walls of this prison still surround me And I can't break away
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