Confessional

I was 16
Sittin' on your lap
A much older man
You kissed me
On my virgin lips
Too full too long

My safe space with a confidánte
Became the grave of innocence
Like the devil's puppet
My finger of shame points back at me

Now I'm an older woman
Wond'ring why I put up with your fondling hands
Maybe you didn't mean it
You were a victim of the system

You're now dead and gone
But why am I the one feeling
Scared and scorned?
It keeps coming back
Like cunning attacks
Rude flashbacks

I'm rising from this grave
I'm leaving you here instead
I confess I'm clean from within
I learn to trust again
I yearn to trust again

Now I'm 40
And I hear the same story
From other brothers and sisters
When they cry out
From their hide out
I know the voices that weep

I'm so mad at the government
The false church of judgement
They don't see the heart
They don't play the part of justice and love

Now I can look you in the eye
I will tell the truth
To stop your cardinal excuse

I'm rising from this grave
I'm leaving you here instead
I confess I'm clean from within
I learn to trust again
I yearn to trust again

I'm resurrected, resurrected resurrected, resurrected
Like a phoenix
Like a phoenix
Like a phoenix
Rising, rising from the flames

I'm rising from this grave
I'm leaving you here instead
I confess I'm clean from within
I learn to trust again
I yearn to trust again
For I am born again