HALLELUJAH

by PAULA

It starts with goodbye
As the times grow old
My memories fold
There’s nothing left in this world
I’m closing another door
Open a window
Feel the breeze
It’s the wind beneath my wings
That lowers this degree
I cling to this melody you sing
Appear before me in my dreams
And bring me back to reality
The struggle of the race is staring me down
Back up in the place you felt you were crowned
I should have never walked away
I should have followed day by day
I should have known the desperate lies
I should have quieted the tries
I should not have faltered in my love
The chorus of heavenly angels above
It’s an unrequited harmony they sing
I should have known
I should have seen
I should have dusted off the keys
To play the symphony you bring
I should have never walked away
Who knows where we’d be today
Who knows
This sacrifice may be found

Or this blessing be shattered
In the end
Who’s to say it even matters
This residing hold where my heart was once at
Has me begging for mercy
And still
After that
I look around into a crowd of hungry eyes
And I see only yours
Where am I to stay if my feelings are torn
I can’t breathe without you here next to me
I can’t be
Without you breathing into me
This emptiness has me starved for release
Come back to me
And
Take me away
This is no place for me to live
I’m just a kid without a familiar face
Trampled
In the race against time
Caught between the lies
Abolished in the crimes
I’m just a child in a house
For this house is not a home
It’s not where I belong
Where the fear and hate are strong
I search for something more
Something
Trapped behind the door
Something

Hidden in the mind
An escape route with no time
A purpose under flesh
I’ve never known the best
Never put it to the test
Never had a life to rest
It’s solid in my chest
A frozen heart
Full of regrets
Unspoken words under my tongue
Unfinished business has begun
And the lies are told
The stories unfold
The damage cannot be undone
Where am I to run when there’s nowhere left to go
I hear the flow
I’m begging to show the world what I have to offer
But
I have to get away from here
And
After all these years
The place that I hold near and dear to my heart
Where I’ve flourished from the start
Well
I hate to see it go
It’s all that I’ve known
But my final battle has been won
My past, I’ve left behind
My journey’s just begun.