LYRIC FOR SALE

By Nell Arden

[Verse 1]
You reign within your castle walls
Built of diamonds - and
compromise
How much of who you are is left when -
Your half-truths veil your eyes?
[Refrain]
You cannot walk alone
When diamond rivets hold your heart
You gave him keys to everything
When you traded your freedom
to belong
[Verse 2]
Do you cry yourself to sleep each night
When you know you played your part?
Or have you stitched your soul with diamonds
Made yourself a metal heart?
[Verse 3]
I’ve paid the price with cold nights
No one there to keep me warm
Or ease my load — my pain
And meet me in the dark.
[Refrain]
You cannot walk alone
When diamond rivets hold your heart
You gave him keys to everything
When you traded your freedom
to belong
[Verse 4]
I was never made for castles
Or lovers who need to hold
A heart and soul as prizes –
My heart is still my own
[spoken]
I wasn’t born for diamonds
— or compromise
[Whispered]
I just wasn’t born for castles ...