A Slave, A Son - Jamie's Elsewhere

When I continued to run away

What kept me in your hand?

Did you ever think your flock would stray

Or that they wouldn’t understand?

When you said

«Wait here, 'til I return with your brother

That was lost to the ways of the world»

Catch me in your arms

Like stars in the eyes of telescopes,

And once there I rest,

Never let me go.

no,

Never let me go It was your love that said

«You're no longer a slave, but a son»

It was your love that said «You're no longer a slave

but a son, but a son»

Catch me in your arms

like stars in the eyes of telescopes

And once there I rest

Never let me go No, never let me go What could I learn

by fighting the fire with matches and gasoline?

Oh how cruel and melodramatic are we for trying to make sense of all of this?

When I hear you calling I swear,

I swear I’ll run to you

Just don’t let me fall back through the clouds Catch me in your arms

like the stars you hold in your hand