Myths and Fables - Serene

Here it comes again Hold it down but then, you can't take this no longer Every time it comes, the sharp pain slowly stalks It devours you whole When we're left alone to dwell on our own Thoughts that destroy the strength we employ Our mask that we have to hide from our own pasts You can't gain nothing without taking away And that's just fine You can't gain nothing without taking away And that's just fine You can't gain nothing without taking away And that's just fine You can't gain nothing without taking away And that's just fine Here it comes again Hold it down but then, you can't take this no longer Every time it comes, the sharp pain slowly stalks It devours you whole When we're left alone to dwell on our own Thoughts that destroy the strength we employ Our mask that we have to hide from our own pasts You can't gain nothing without taking away And that's just fine You can't gain nothing without taking away And that's just fine You can't gain nothing without taking away And that's just fine You can't gain nothing without taking away AND THAT'S JUST FINE

Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep, chimney sweep Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep Oh my name it is Sam Hall and I've robbed both great and small And my neck will pay for all when I die, when I die And my neck will pay for all when I die I have twenty pounds in store, that's not all, that's not all I have twenty pounds in store, that's not all I have twenty pounds in store and I'll rob for twenty more For the rich must help the poor, so must I, so must I For the rich must help the poor, so must I Oh they took me to Cootehill in a cart, in a cart Oh they took me to Cootehill in a cart Oh they took me to Cootehill where I stopped to make my will Saying the best of friends must part, so must I, so must I Saying the best of friends must part, so must I Up the ladder I did grope, that's no joke, that's no joke Up the ladder I did grope, that's no joke Up the ladder I did grope and the hangman pulled the rope And ne'er a word I spoke, tumbling down, tumbling down And ne'er a word I spoke tumbling down Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep, chimney sweep Oh my name it is Sam Hall chimney sweep Oh my name it is Sam Hall and I've robbed both great and small And my neck will pay for all when I die, when I die And my neck will pay for all when I die