The frightful trees are shrugging at me
The arctic breeze is calling my name
The gothic silhouettes are wrapping me in
This city just doesn’t feel the same
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The street lights are blinding me
The gothic-style edifice is forbidding
My heart beat is thrashing me down my chest
On this frozen earth, my feet are skidding
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May be I am in some other century
In another time and space
These roads are so foreign
There is not one familiar face
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No matter how much I try to recognize them
I just do not understand
The reason for their amusement and yelling
Confused and clueless, I stand
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This frightful gothic city
With the gloomiest hue
Where exactly am I?
Would they be having a clue?
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Where are they rushing to?
Is this some kind of contest?
I find myself running too
While I utter muffled words of protest
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Abruptly they all are camouflaged
I wonder if they all have reached their abode
It hits me that I am no longer the one following
I am the one being followed
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I experience the forts closing in on me
I can feel being chased by the unknown
I have to be sturdy now
It will get worse if I scream or moan
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I can see the shadows moving behind me
When I run in this deceitful maze
When I halt and turn to see
Frozen they stand, and I’m dazed
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When I go further ahead
The places are obscene
When I retreat my footsteps
It’s a world I’ve never seen
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The rain falls hammering down
My throat wounds from being sore
The rain turns into a blizzard
To laugh at my misery even more
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My eyes show me illusions which I’ve never seen
My ears haunt me with sounds I have never heard
I do not trust my tricking senses any longer
What’s real, what is not; there is no final word
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Maybe it is all my mistake
Choosing this land over mine was wrong
No matter how much I pretend
This is not where I belong
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I shiver, I wobble, I plead
And waste those worthless tears
With trembling lips, frozen fingers and frantic cries
I try to be calm so no one hears
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Exhausted to the core; Running towards nowhere
My aching legs cannot take my burden anymore
Crying hysterically I stumble on the ground
Down on my knees, to Him I implore
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Finally help came my way
One familiar face turned my life around
I couldn’t believe my eyes
I couldn’t believe it was you I found
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You make my world worth living
You are everything that my sanity needs
It is only you that I want in this world and the next
Without you my soul bleeds
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I’m crying in pain and ecstasy
He is whispering words of comfort
He presses me to his chest
And kisses away all the hurt
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I know we are in the right place
I know I belong right here with you
Doesn’t matter how cruel this world is
As long as I have you to come home to
