Can't Hold Me Now 

 

 

I live in a world of rules I can't follow
Everyone says 
These dreams of my heart are hollow 

I feel the Earth move beneath my feet
It's ready to swallow me
This demon inside me
Won't rest till it's freed

I hear a scream from the next room
In the bedroom, door slammed tight
They seal my fate
Clamoring for my failure 
Contradicting, condemning my every dream

They say I am crazy, loopy, lazy
A bitch with no regard
For the good life
For which they've worked so hard
Their style of discipline,  torture
Is a lost art

They make plans for me
But as to what my future holds
Time will see

In time I'll see and maybe they'll believe

I don't have big plans
Marry a demon and rule the underworld like a queen
Show the average normal soul
That their rules ain't shit 

When the fear takes control
We all turn to beasts or madcaps or die
It's brutalize or be brutalized
In truth or in mind
We are all slightly wicked inside

They cage me, underrate me
Try their damnedest to change me

They just can't see
The world was never meant to hold me.
 

 

 

 

by Amanda Burns

© Amanda Saylor nee Burns. All rights reserved