Woman of Custom

[Chorus 1/Intro]
Woman of custom just severed ties
What never changed had always died, so
Suddenly she's opened eyes
That fill with tears and come alive

[Verse 1]
Her stifled love sleeping forever was
Unaroused like changeless weather
And little chance that she was ever
Going to smash the precious measure

[Chorus 2]
She never lived with pain, fear or anger
Windowless and tame like a precious stone langoured
A heart enchained, willing to surrender
But now if storms would only blow
She could really feel the roll

[Verse 2]
Those years of sleep, all waking dreams
Unpeopled places on painted screens
And diffused in subdued streams
Her life was cast, traditional schemes

[Chorus 2]
She never lived with pain, fear or anger
Windowless and tame like a precious stone langoured
A heart enchained, willing to surrender
But now if storms would only blow
Then she could really feel the roll
She could really feel the roll

[Verse 3]
A hunger that lasts can have no pain
It's just these words that don't explain
Eaten alive and spat out again
They jam in the memory like ancient remains

[Chorus 1/Outro]
Woman of custom just severed ties
What never changed had always died, so
Suddenly she's opened eyes
That fill with tears and come alive