What have they done to me

To the air that I breathe and all I see

Diseased and abused and alone

Tell me what have they done to me



They took everything I had

And crushed it all into dust

Erased all my names so I would seem

So lost

So lost

So lost



I pulled myself from my woman

To wander through the night

I'm a long, long way from emptiness

So step aside



Am I to feel alive

Am I to feel alive

Am I to feel alive

But I nearly died

Am I to see the light

Am I to see the light

But I cried

For so long

So long



What have they done to me

To the birds that sing, yeah the simple things

I held all my curses

I can't seem to rest

But it's alright

It's alright



They took from me all that one could take

My children

My loves

My orchards of tears

It's all been borrowed so we must say

They sit in the kingdom of light



And now you know how one can be

As free as one could wanna be

Cause time won't let you walk away

Time won't let you be afraid

So don't be afraid

For too long

Too long



Am I to walk alone

Am I to walk alone

Am I to walk alone

But I nearly died

Am I to see the light

Am I to see the light

But I cried

Am I to walk alone

Am I to walk alone

Am I to walk alone

But I'm almost home

I might seem alive

I might seem alive

But I nearly died

I might seem alive

I might seem alive

I might seem alive

But I nearly died

Am I to walk alone

Am I to walk alone

Am I to walk alone

But I'm almost home

Yeah, I'm almost home



I might seem alive

I might seem alive

I might seem alive

But I nearly died

Yeah, I nearly died

So long