There But for Grace

by Columbine

It isn't quite the garden, but the promised land will do
If the pain is finally over, I've no right to question how
I've got to give them credit, they did well when they got you
Dear sister, but we miss you here and now

I've talked to snakes a dozen times, and been one now and then
Perhaps you're just allergic, or the timing wasn't right
You live what you've been given and pay for what you've been
But your darkness scares me, dressing up as light

Sovereignty scares everyone
The power belongs to you
Whoever taught you it's a burden
Should be taught how much it's true
Showed you your wings and broke them
So you wouldn't be scared of the sky
You have to fall before you're saved
And there but for grace go I

I didn't say you're crazy, just that you've been pulled apart
Not weak, but too courageous for your strength you crossed the line
Sometimes I get so jealous of your cardboard-cutout heart
No accountability, it could be mine

Suck your Apple of Forgetting crouched on someone else's floor
You're tired, and I won't tell you that you shouldn't close your eyes
Now the bottle and the needle just don't cut it any more
I just wish it didn't hurt so to be wise

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