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Locked

from Little Owl by Anna Byrne

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Locked in these bones.
You said I'd never find the key.
And your words can't be destroyed
Once you've fired them into me.

Sit me down outside the house that we both loved,
Where we belonged throughout this year of disaster.
And I, I will be holding my breath, saying my prayers
For you.

But don't disappear. You stopped me from screaming,
But couldn't forgive my short-span attention.
And that is because you never loved me back.
You never loved me back. You never loved me...

...back. In your room.
You swore I came along too soon.
So pack and head back north
and leave me licking my wounds.

Lay me down, and hold me like you always did.
Like when you loved me, when I was pure and deserving.
And I, I will be watching my words, minding my tongue
For you.
But no-one knows about the lies that I was told,
Why I believed that we were diamond and growing.
And I, I will be loath to admit, maddened to say,
I still care.

But don't disappear. You stopped me from screaming,
But couldn't forgive my short-span attention.
And that is because you never loved me back.
You never loved me back. You never loved me back.

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from Little Owl, released July 12, 2011

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Anna Byrne is a singer-songwriter living and performing in London. Her songs are honest stories about love, friendship and failure.

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