Twice Scorned - On Broken Wings Lyrics

[i. Intro]

instrumental

[ii. Chained]

Broken down and thrown away,
when will someone look at this face again?
Let out in the cold to freeze away,
I stared for months at the sun,
to burn the images away.

She was chained and left with little of her own,
she ever-so-slowly declined into herself.
Trying to reach out hurt her so much ...

She was chained,
chained by their words.
Stinging, biting, bleeding, gnawing,
longing to be free.

Breaking out of a world of sin,
only to find the world of "good" was not much better...
Longing for justice for all,
but cannot even find justice for one.

She was chained,
chained by their words.
Stinging, biting, bleeding, gnawing,
longing to be free.
She needs to find her sin,
and face herself.
Look in the mirror and realize,
that the enemy is staring her in the eyes.

Change begins with one.
Can she change for the better?

[iii. Elevation]

Changing, searching, looking,
trying to find what is good
in a world that is cold as her heart.
Trying to find the answers,
but don't even know the questions.
Have to find escape.

But that which does not kill her,
makes her stronger,
and she gathers her strength,
and she'll fly away, on broken wings.

Gotta escape, gotta find solstice,
she rushes, frantic, mind bent on but one thing.
She's gotta escape from her hell
and find herself again.

Look deeper into that mirror, love.
You are your own creation,
you are what you want to be.
So make yourself you,
and escape from the prison
of prejudice and expectations,
rise above it all,
on your broken wings.

[iv. Elevation]

What if I told you love,
that you could live again?
Would you take the chance?
Would you rise above their words?

Breaking free of the prison,
I know your answer.
Elevated into the skies above,
no longer chained by malice and hate.

Don't be afraid, love,
you are free again.

Atagonistic religion dissolved
in the light of truth.
Self-righteous anger has faded
in the warmth of love.

Change from the inside complete,
you are restored, whole again.
Justified to yourself, and healed once more,
looking in the dark and seeing light,
you see the beauty in everything,
in everyone.