Forsook

**FORSAKEN** **VERSE I** YOU HELD MY NAME BETWEEN YOUR TEETH LIKE SOMETHING SACRED SOMETHING PURE BUT THE MOMENT I STEPPED OFF YOUR PATH YOU TREATED ME LIKE A DISEASE A CURSE A FAILURE AN OPEN WOUND YOU COULDN'T CURE YOU NEVER SAW ME YOU ONLY SAW THE MAN YOU WANTED ME TO BE **PRE-CHORUS** EVERY SERMON EVERY WARNING EVERY PRAYER SPOKEN OVER MY GRAVE I WASN'T DEAD I JUST REFUSED TO LIVE INSIDE YOUR CAGE **CHORUS** YOU FORSOOK ME BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BECOME YOU CAST ME OUT FOR A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW YOUR LOVE COLLAPSED THE MOMENT I STOOD ON MY OWN NOW THE ONES WHO SWORE THEY'D NEVER LEAVE ARE THE REASON I'M ALONE YOU FORSOOK ME YOU FORSOOK ME YOU FORSOOK ME FOR THINKING FOR MYSELF **VERSE II** I HEARD MY NAME IN WHISPERED CONVERSATIONS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND FOLDED HANDS A CAUTIONARY TALE A FALLEN SON A BROKEN PIECE OF YOUR DEMANDS YOU SPEAK OF GRACE BUT PRACTICE EXILE YOU SPEAK OF MERCY WHILE YOU TURN AWAY YOU BUILT YOUR LOVE ON A FOUNDATION OF CONDITIONS AND WATCHED IT CRUMBLE WHEN I WOULDN'T OBEY **PRE-BREAKDOWN** IF THIS IS LOVE THEN WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE ABANDONMENT? IF THIS IS TRUTH WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID OF QUESTIONS? **BREAKDOWN** YOU SAID "COME AS YOU ARE" THEN HANDED ME A LIST OF EVERYTHING I HAD TO CHANGE YOU SAID "WE'LL LOVE YOU NO MATTER WHAT" UNTIL "NO MATTER WHAT" BECAME AN ULTIMATUM YOU DIDN'T LOSE ME YOU THREW ME AWAY BLEGH **FINAL CHORUS** YOU FORSOOK ME FOR THE CRIME OF BEING MYSELF FOR THE SIN OF CHOOSING SOMETHING ELSE YOU CALLED IT LOVE BUT LOVE DOESN'T DISAPPEAR WHEN SOMEONE STOPS BECOMING WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR YOU FORSOOK ME AND STILL YOU WONDER WHY I WALK THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH FIRE IN MY EYES **OUTRO** I NEVER LEFT THE FAMILY THE FAMILY LEFT ME THE DAY I STOPPED LIVING THEIR WAY