Special Place

Real is not now
What it used to be
Oh no
Emotions once alive
Now snuffed like a flame
Lost and tangled in such twisted alchemy
Outside the image surface doesn't change
Life can tell such funny stories now
Of hate and love and fear all intertwined
But the twelve-gauge on your lap
Won't ever show you how
To exorcise the demons
From your mind

But there's a place I like to go
And it's not far away
A secret warm and loving place
Where I can hide and play
Curled up in my special place
I'm free from worldly fear
Tucked neatly in its special case
I keep it right up here
Right up here
Right up here

Vacant glazed and forgotten eyes
Psychotropic haze
Stare numbly through the glass
At the November sky
And long for a better day
When mom and dad would understand
And hold you in their arms
To help you find your way on through the night
But now their hands
No longer keep you safe from harm
Beaten left lying in the rain
To die

But there's a place I like to go
And it's not far away
A secret warm and loving place
Where I can hide and play
Curled up in my special place
I'm free from worldly fear
Tucked neatly in its special case
I keep it right up here
Right up here
Right up here

A dragonfly has taken flight
The chime-bells gently ring
An angel earns her wings tonight
While burning bridges sing
A dragonfly has taken flight
The chime-bells gently ring
The angels earn their wings tonight
While burning bridges sing

And there's a place I like to go
And it's not far away
A sacred warm and loving place
Where I can hide and play
Curled up in my special place
I'm free from worldly fear
Tucked neatly in its special case
I keep it right up here
Right up here
Right up here