Heavy In Your Arms

They call it falling, not flying
I cannot be the wings of angels
You will be a beast of burden
Tied to the ocean floor by blind lust

Forgive me for being so heavy in your heart.

Stagger on,
Love and blood and tears
Even happiness has sordid intensity
It is a heavy price to pay

And yet
You cannot resist
You would turn your back on the sun

One look, one taste, one trembling touch
And gravity shifts

It is not the Earth
Or God
Or even Helen of Troy
It is me.

Your chains...
You have the key, but not the will

And as you sink beneath the waves
A thousand miles down to the sea bed
I would not be one to challenge gravity

I can give you strength
But I cannot give you relief.

A fallen angel is an angel still.

They call it falling, not flying
They call humanity sin
And I am prize and price and penance.

This will be my last confession
I loved you, and never felt like any blessing

Forgive me for being so heavy in your arms.

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