Etheridge Melissa Silent Legacy Lyrics

Silent Legacy Lyrics

Why did you steal the matches
From the one room motel
Once they gave you
answers
Now they give you hell
They will never understand
They wonder
where did they go wrong
How could you be so selfish
Why can't you get
along
[CHORUS]
And as you pray in your darkness
For wings to set you
free
You are bound to your silent legacy
You've seen it in the
movies
And you've heard it on the street
Craving the affection
Your
blood is full of heat
They don't listen to your reasons
As original as
sin
Deny all that you feel
And they will bring you home
again
[CHORUS]
Your body is alive
But no one told you what you'd
feel
The empty aching hours
Trying to conceal
The natural
progression
Is the coming of your age
But they cover it with shame
And
turn it into rage
[CHORUS]
You are digging for the answers
Until your
fingers bleed
To satisfy the hunger
To satiate the need
They feed you
on the guilt
To keep you humble keep you low
Some man and myth they made
up
A thousand years ago
[CHORUS]
Mothers tell your children
Be
quick you must be strong
Life is full of wonder
Love is never
wrong
Remember how they taught you
How much of it was fear
Refuse to
hand it down
The legacy stops here
Oh my child...