Stavesacre - A Place Where I Can Breathe lyrics

I only wanted such a little thing Only simplicity And now that i am who i was taught to be You have abandoned me I held so tightly to every word you said That's the price of the respect you've always demanded And all those things i've gathered through the years Have no value here (chorus) I need to find a place where i can breathe Somewhere high above this empty landscape Where the air is clear And i need to find it while i still can In a world like this How can you wonder at my sadness? Now i hope for something beautiful But i feel trapped under your waves of wreckage And if i cannot claw my own way through I fear one day i will be just like you In this land of vacant stars In the backseats of desperate cars In single-mother topless bars We ache for something more Your sons and your daughters Are unwilling martyrs To the devils, priests, and other thieves And their wars and rumors of war I need a handgun and a hand grenade To protect me from those who keep me safe Still i remember you straight face: "Some day this will all be yours."