Melissa Etheridge - Silent Legacy Lyrics

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Why did you steal the matches from the one room motel? 
Once they gave you answers, now they give you hell 
They will never understand 
They wonder where did they go wrong 
How could you be so selfish, why can't you get along? 

And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free 
You are bound to your silent legacy 

You've seen it in the movies and heard it on the street 
Craving the affection, your blood is full of heat 
They don't listen to your reasons, as original as sin 
Deny all that you feel, and they will bring you home again 

And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free 
You are bound to your silent legacy 

Your body is alive, but no one told you what you'd feel 
The empty aching hours trying to conceal 
The natural progression is the coming of your age 
But they cover it with shame and turn it into rage 

And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free 
You are bound to your silent legacy 

You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed 
To satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need 
And they feed you on the guilt 
To keep you humble, keep you low 
Some man and myth they made up a thousand years ago 

And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free 
You are bound to your silent legacy 

Mothers tell your children, be quick you must be strong 
Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong 
Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear 
Refuse to hand it down, the legacy stops here 

Oh, my child 
Oh, my child 
Hush 
Hush, my child 
Oh, my child 
Oh, my child 
Oh, my child

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lyrics submitted by Satsanga
lyrics corrected by VirileVagabond on 09-04-2006