Sweet Release

[Verse 1]
I was born on a side road far from here
While the town was burnin' out my dark window
I was crowned with a cage of cold barbed wire
And my bottle I keep with me 'til now

[Verse 2]
Curse my pain, curse the sunrise every dawn, woah
Oh, those sidewalks ran me ragged, and those cracks my only guide
Long for midnight, long for darkness, sweet release
Beg the alleys for your endless time to cease, woah

[Verse 3]
Screaming blackbird on my shoulders
Mark my nearness to its youth
Left my senses reelin' as I cried, you know I cried
And he cried back, "Yeah, I understand you"

[Bridge]
I want somebody to give me [?]
All these months later, and I'm comin'g through

[Verse 4]
Try, try the handle, try the doorway, try the path
Try to enter, to enter, try to find some solace there, woah, there
In this clearing, you'll find nothing, nothing but a song
Give it breath, give it sunshine and with you it will belong, woah, long

[Verse 5]
It will whisper, it will stir a gentle breeze, oh yes it will
Its hands, its hands are your hands, they will take you where you please, oh yes, they will
If you choose be gentle it's your life, it's your life, whatever you wanna be
Are we blind for a reason or is it just, is it just, is it just to make it real?

[Outro]
Show me, I said won't somebody show some good
Then give me seashells, that I just want seashells for my ears
Tell your neighbor, oh, go out and tell your neighbor