Sign: Leo
Words:
Magnanimous,
generous,
hospitable,
caring, warm, authoritative, active, open`
(I highlighted the ones I particularly felt drawn towards)
"Refuge"
Genre: White guilt
[VERSE]
I never thought I’d see a war,
I’d never killed a man before,
Yet here I am crouched in the desert sand,
They say I need to toughen up,
Like a life of death ain’t hard enough,
I feel something small tug at my hand,
It’s a little girl with caramel skin,
A witness to a world of sin,
Her smile is hidden behind a mask of fear,
A frightened child all alone,
A wanderer too far from home,
We both know that her family isn’t here,
[PRE-CHORUS]
I look into her eyes and I see all the times I pulled the trigger,
She begins to cry and I think, how does war call me a victor?
I killed a man for lies and I know it will haunt me every day,
I have to try to fix it now, I take her hands and then I say,
[CHORUS]
I know what it’s like,
To live scared of life,
It feels like everyone is after you,
Please trust me now,
We’ll make it out,
I promise I will find a place for you;
A refuge,
[VERSE]
As she begins to wipe her tears,
She says her name is Benazir,
Can’t recall when she saw her parents last,
She walks along and talks to me,
She misses having books to read,
Before the bombs she was top of her class,
I ask her if she has a home,
She stops and says she doesn’t know,
Her voice full of the yearning to be free,
Before I leave I promise her,
That she’ll be fine till I return,
And next time I will take her home with me,
[PRE-CHORUS]
I look into her eyes and I see all the chances waiting for her,
She begins to smile and I think, God is this what I am here for?
She asks me if I’m lying, I say, darling, you can trust me on this,
I have to say goodbye but know that I will never break my promise,
[CHORUS]
I know what it’s like,
To live scared of life,
It feels like everyone is after you,
Please trust me now,
I’ll get you out,
I promise I will find a place for you;
A refuge,
[VERSE]
My hometown is so quiet now,
The welcome back has long died out,
I’m painting the spare bedroom down the hall,
For the girl who made it through the war,
A shelf of books above the door,
And I can’t wait to see her read them all,
I travel back over the sand,
To save her from the devil’s land,
I see her in the market as I drive past,
It’s not a smile greeting me,
Her face is wrought with urgency,
Before I get out of the car I hear the blast,
[PRE-CHORUS]
I run into the smoke and I see the life that she deserves is burning,
People start to choke around me and I can feel my stomach churning,
I feel all of my hope desert me as the smolder leaves the air,
To reveal a pillar on the body of a girl with covered hair,
[CHORUS]
I don’t know what it’s like,
To stare down your life,
Death waited till you had something to lose,
I’m so sorry how,
This all turned out,
But I know that there is now a place for you,
I hope one day I’ll get to see it, too,
A refuge.
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