Karen Roberts

The notes flow through the air
A sound that forgets despair
You smile from the other side
Your song has me mesmerised
Beside me the water sighed 

Chorus:
Nearer and nearer I go 
A few steps and I’m over
Beside me the earth cried 
Stay back from the water 

It wraps around my broken soul 
Your voice entombs me whole
And I’m a slave to your sound 
I can almost touch your hands 
For you I’d go into the ground 
Around me the water demands

(Chorus)

I’m a slave to your sound 

An off note breaks the trance 
It screams through the morning 
Perhaps I should heed the warning 
You sneer from the other side
The water waits as I decide
I turn back to a second chance 

(Chorus)

Beneath me the earth replied 
Stay back from the water 

This space is so narrow
Too narrow to breathe
The walls are approaching
But my feet won’t let me leave

Oh I can scratch at the door
Cry until my heart is sore
A lament to a bad situation
But I can’t escape the equation
It’s not dividing any more

It’s a loaded touch
A grip like a vice
I’m just fading from sight
Don’t look at the light
It’s too much, too much

Oh I can scratch at the door
Cry until my heart is sore
A lament to a bad situation
But I can’t escape the equation
It’s not dividing any more

I can feel the air is heavy
There will be no relief
And my reserves are empty
My feet won’t let me leave
It’s too hard to breathe

But I can’t leave

Oh I can scratch at the door
Cry until my heart is sore
A lament to a bad situation
But I can’t escape the equation
It’s not dividing any more