Encircle

For years I was held in a suffocating grip

I closed my eyes, I bit my lip

I cried to you, too young, too weak to fly

Afraid to move, Would I suffer if I tried?

Does the sun still shine like in my dreams

Does it light up the outside of the walls that encircle me

Is it just an illusion the things I see

Through crumbling stone, light begins to bleed

As I become someone I do not recognise

Caressed by fear, afraid to open blinded eyes

Behind the walls the naïve one so frightened

Cannot loosen the grip, it just keeps getting tightened

I know I saw the light begin to bleed

There's a world outside, it lies before me

A world on the outside of love and dreams

I wish to lead my life, I wish to walk the path of freedom

(But) if I hate, I'll never escape

The pain that imprisons me

With you I learned to live and breathe again

Learned to loosen the grip, then I broke the chains

As the ghosts of fears fade, I see in perfect clarity

Leave behind the ruins of the walls that imprisoned me

And the sun still shines like in my dreams

The world still turns, but not as once it seemed

My mind is clear, my eyes, my spirit see

As your broken hands are healing wounds in me