Lead
from Four Walls Bending by Emily Bezar
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lyrics
this is the room, this is the chair
this is the wire holding me there
one man leans to the left a little
one arm on me
and I’m the middle ground
thrown to the fire, blade to the flame
and in a moment we knew his name
oh on this day another life is given
and I am thankful that I could hear the sound
who has not said ‘oh I could run away
while they are in bed?’
(tell everyone I’ve been found dead)
but as the moon is full of morning grey
my silk slippers turn to lead
hide the words I wrote that he never read
sinking through the floor, Ballet Russe in my head
for all that you say, all that you do
you may look away
when he first looks at you
I have no more than a life to give him
I have only the truth that I have found
keep me awake, keep me alive
give me a height I can still dive
oh I am changing but I’m still with you
I am more than the things
to which I’m bound
who has not said ‘oh I could run away
while they are in bed?’
(tell everyone I’ve been found dead)
but as the moon is full of morning grey
my silk slippers turn to lead
hide the words I wrote that he never read
sinking through the floor, Ballet Russe in my head
woke up bright, it was a sunny day
all the things I love were a featherweight away
when it’s right I want to stay
oh in the fight, eye of the riddle
grain of the wood, wood that I whittle
oh if you love me just a little
help this broken dancer sway
hold me now oh hold me now
and take this weight away
this is the wire holding me there
one man leans to the left a little
one arm on me
and I’m the middle ground
thrown to the fire, blade to the flame
and in a moment we knew his name
oh on this day another life is given
and I am thankful that I could hear the sound
who has not said ‘oh I could run away
while they are in bed?’
(tell everyone I’ve been found dead)
but as the moon is full of morning grey
my silk slippers turn to lead
hide the words I wrote that he never read
sinking through the floor, Ballet Russe in my head
for all that you say, all that you do
you may look away
when he first looks at you
I have no more than a life to give him
I have only the truth that I have found
keep me awake, keep me alive
give me a height I can still dive
oh I am changing but I’m still with you
I am more than the things
to which I’m bound
who has not said ‘oh I could run away
while they are in bed?’
(tell everyone I’ve been found dead)
but as the moon is full of morning grey
my silk slippers turn to lead
hide the words I wrote that he never read
sinking through the floor, Ballet Russe in my head
woke up bright, it was a sunny day
all the things I love were a featherweight away
when it’s right I want to stay
oh in the fight, eye of the riddle
grain of the wood, wood that I whittle
oh if you love me just a little
help this broken dancer sway
hold me now oh hold me now
and take this weight away
credits
from Four Walls Bending,
released October 1, 1999
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Emily Bezar
Singer, composer and keyboardist
Emily Bezar creates intricate, uncategorizable music, drawing freely from classical, jazz, rock, pop and electronic genres to create an enchanting, dynamic sound world.
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Sep 1993
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