I've been a captive for as long as I could speak
I've slipped my hands off the cuffs
So I could cut my loss for words
Don't be so juvenile
I can hear you perseverating

This is a mad dash to the gate
And you're sitting on your heels
Hesitated nerves dry fire
Pull yourself together

Now I remember what it was that should have made it clear:
The lie that was the vow you made I know I heard you swear
Still I am confident that you would never stand by it
And now the search lights she'd a light upon your fa