There's hounds behind me
For the blood upon my hands
No crowd will hide me
Now they've found the path I ran
I pound the backstreets
Fear numbed my aching bones
Feet don't fail me
Take me home
Faster, faster
You know time's not on my side
The truth I harbour
Is getting harder now to hide
A child abandoned
Coming present in my skin
Still unforgiven for giving in
But so defiant, defiant, defiantly loved by you
Defiant, defiantly loved, loved loved
Your eyes unblinded
As the lies were boldly sworn
I guard a proud heart
And my silver tongue was drawn
Our lives divided
But we steel our nerve and spine
I for your own sake
And you for mine
So defiant, defiant, defiantly loved by you
Defiant, defiantly loved, loved, loved
The river rolls on
With a grace upon it's shame
A faithful white swan
Loyal to it's poisoned veins
A thousand secrets
That have drowned within those depths
Bound and silenced
On a stone cold bed
So defiant, defiant, defiantly loved by you
Defiant, defiantly loved, loved, loved
When I was locked in
Paranoid, involuntary choices
I was loved, loved
When I was screaming
But was one in a cacophony of solitary voices
I was loved, loved
Forever screaming in the void
Forever screaming at the void
Defiant, defiant, defiantly loved by you
Defiant, defiantly loved