Roll Away Your Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nRoll away your stone, I\u2019ll roll away mine<\/p>\n
Together we can see what we will find<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t leave me alone at this time,<\/p>\n
For I am afraid of what I will discover inside<\/p>\n
You told me that I would find a hole,<\/p>\n
Within the fragile substance of my soul<\/p>\n
And I have filled this void with things unreal,<\/p>\n
And all the while my character it steals<\/p>\n
Darkness is a harsh term don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n
And yet it dominates the things I seek<\/p>\n
It seems that all my bridges have been burned,<\/p>\n
But, you say that\u2019s exactly how this grace thing works<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not the long walk home<\/p>\n
that will change this heart,<\/p>\n
But the welcome I receive with the restart<\/p>\n
Darkness is a harsh term don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n
And yet it dominates the things I seek<\/p>\n
Darkness is a harsh term don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n
And yet it dominates the things I seek<\/p>\n
Darkness is a harsh term don\u2019t you think?<\/p>\n
And yet it dominates the things I seek<\/p>\n
Stars hide your fires,<\/p>\n
And these here are my desires<\/p>\n
And I will give them up to you this time around<\/p>\n
And so, I\u2019ll be found<\/p>\n
with my steak stuck in this ground<\/p>\n
Marking its territory of this newly impassioned soul<\/p>\n
hide your fires,<\/p>\n
these are my desires<\/p>\n
And I will give them up to you this time around<\/p>\n
And so, I\u2019ll be found<\/p>\n
with my steak stuck in this ground<\/p>\n
Marking its territory of this newly impassioned soul<\/p>\n
But you, you\u2019ve gone too far this time<\/p>\n
You have neither reason nor rhyme<\/p>\n
With which to take this soul that is so rightfully mine<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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