The Prize

Welcome to my nightmare, where it’s just me, myself and I

Couldn’t tell you what I was running from,

Until I died

I saw the gun go off, twice with my own two eyes

At first I was the hunter,

And then the prize

But there lie the pieces of myself

I never thought I’d leave behind

Rest easy girl

You’ve done well in this world

So don’t you cry,

That was a beautiful sacrifice

A sweet release

Of a past that keeps chasing

A soul who needs saving

It’s hard to see my future through these

Tired and broken dreams

It’s like searching for a forest in fallen leaves

But I cannot take with me the patterns of my youth

It’s time I kill the voices in my head

That spin my truth

I had to make room in my life

For the woman I wanted to be

Loving myself

Is what’s brought her to me

 So don’t you cry,

That was a beautiful sacrifice

A sweet release

Of a past that keeps chasing

And it’s no surprise

That it takes a passionate sacrifice

To change the life

Of a soul who needs saving from

From a past that keeps chasing