One Tiny Taste

I have earth in my voice, dear

The world is my oyster and

I am its pearly white smile

I have fortune and freedom

And men when I need 'em

My life has charmed for a while

But when I was young and obedient and dumb

I was led to do terrible things

By the state and the church

And my mother who urged me

To give up my dreams for a ring

Tiny little girl yearning for

The world settled for a wedding

Tiny little groom marching

To his doom never understanding

Tiny little wife, tiny little life, tiny little ending

I was building a prison

I could have been living a life

Lonely little man playing with

Your hand, wishing you were bolder

Secrets in a jar, fear of who

You are weighing on your shoulder

Holding it inside, holding very tight, slowly growing older

You're building a prison, you could have been living a life

The world is so wide and before we have died

We will only have one tiny taste

If you run off and hide like a wimpering child

Just think of the life you could waste

Break out of your prison

It's time to start living

You've only been given one life

You've only been given one life

You've only been given one life