THEY CANNOT HIDE

She was left crying in her room

Feeling ugly and abused

But to the world 

She was beautiful

No one ever knew

The hell that she'd been through

What should be brilliant 

She perceived as dull

He took what she wouldn't give

Withdrew her will to live

She prayed for wrath’s avenging hand

Walked into the sea that day

Beauty lost beneath the waves

And not a soul could understand

But...

~~~*Chorus*~~~

He could hear the beating of the wings

In the distance

And the echo of the church bell’s 

Haunting rings….

Still heard her screams

There was nowhere to run

Guilt’s vengeance had begun

In the dark condemned corners of his mind

He couldn't hide….

~~*~~

One day they found him all alone

He was wandering down the road

All they could see

Was a Young man’s grief

Tried to get him help

They all knew he’d been through hell

But what kind of hell

They could not see

Because in his tortured mind

He relived the very time

She prayed for wrath’s avenging hand

And he knew without a doubt

That her wish was carried out

Doesn't anyone hear what he can…

~~~*2nd Chorus*~~~

He can hear the beating of the wings

In the distance

And the echo of the church bell’s 

Haunting rings….

Still hears her screams

There is nowhere to run

Guilt’s vengeance, it has won

In the dark condemned corners of his mind

He cannot hide….

~~*~~

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

We think that we know everything

So quick to judge them weak

Selfish and messed up inside

Oh the judgmental speak

We all wonder what could be so bad

That would make them give up life

Start searching out the reasons

With the ones that cannot hide

~~*~~

~~~* Final Chorus*~~~

Those that hears the beating of the wings

In the distance

And the echo of the church bell’s 

Haunting rings….

Still hears the screams

There is nowhere to run

Guilt’s vengeance, will be done

In the dark condemned corners of their minds

They cannot hide….

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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