habeas corpus

It’s like I’ve been here for centuries, ain’t been here for one, 

Spent a half of my life, like it hadn’t begun.

Now my sanity’s fragile, my race has been run,

Spent a long time forgetting who I thought I’d become.

Wouldn’t be mistaken, if I’d bring home the bacon, 

Provide for the family, another chance at amnesty.

Forget what I’ve seen, and forget what I’ve done,

Forgive my trespassers like he said as his son.

And I don’t mean to trade, 

Any mistakes that I’ve made.

But I can’t seem to shake this battle I’m fighting,

As a soldier of faith.

I’m sitting here gambling, with all my abandon, 

To strike me some oil in this well I’ve been handed.

Forget what I’ve seen and forget what I’ve done,

It’s like amnesia and reality boiled into one.

Trying to buy myself an angel,  

Trying to find myself some wings,

Trying to rid myself of every other vice in between.

In the voice of a country who can’t make up it’s mind,

In the voice of a country who can’t make up it’s mind.

Habeas Corpus, our sheriff’s have forced us, 

To post up our bail in this unwritten jail.

In the hands of a few, on the backs of mankind,

And in the cell of a prison our skin left behind.

And it’s more than you can take, 

The thieves robbing our conscience away.

And as much as I can pray for tomorrow, the time can only say.

The saving grace, could be some hope that finds it’s place. 

Cause in these darkest of days, it just takes a shred to make it all seem okay.

Feels like I’ve been here for centuries…