The Prisoner in You - Deaf Election

You think the love you never had might save you But true love takes a little time You can touch it with your fingers And try to believe your eyes Is it love or lies? And so you're keeping your distance A little bit of room around you But if he doesn't return your call on time Oh my, my you just act like a fool on a holiday There's nothing that you wouldn't try You must be a prisoner in disguise Well this night life is my life But there's no one else in it And sometimes those lonesome breezes blow But it's no show so you might as well go If you think you could win it Without losing and letting it show The city is no place to hide in Everybody knows your number And you know that you could never be alone if you tried You just run like a man with no reason to run And no place to ever arrive You must be a prisoner, look just like a prisoner Well you must be a prisoner in disguise

I'm a prisoner Won't you set me free I'm a prisoner Won't you set me free You could have my body But you can't have me I know I'm a criminal Don't you tell on me I know I'm a criminal Don't you tell on me You can cross your fingers But you can't cross me Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh Oooh I'm a prisoner Wont you set me free I'm a prisoner Don't you tell on me You can have my money Have me on my knees You can have my body But you can't have me No you can't have me

I see the blood running under my feet I watch my brothers as they fall to their graves What have I done to deserve this fate? We're going down You may tear my flesh from my bones But you'll never break me You may tear my flesh from my bones But you'll never break me Nothing is sacred I watch my world fall apart I own a whole new set of scars Nothing is sacred Now my life is shackled in my hands God I'm calling on you now God I'm calling on you now I once found my dreams Somewhere across the sea In a land that's make believe I won't stray from you Never been so far away And I won't forget you We're going down We're going down Call me a prisoner of war Call me a prisoner of war You can tear my flesh from my bones But you'll never break me

Here I am After so many years Hounded by hatred And trapped by fear I'm in a box I've got no place to go If I follow my mind I know I'll slaughter my own Help me I'm the prisoner Won't you hear my plea I need somebody Yeah, to listen to me I beg you Brothers and sisters I'm counting on you (yeah) Black babies in the womb Are shackled and bound Chained by the caveman Who keeps beauty down Smacked on the ass When they're squalling and wet Heir to a spineless man who Never forgets Never forgets that he's a prisoner Can't you hear my plea 'Cause I need somebody Lord knows, to listen to me I'm a stranger to my son who wonders Why his daddy runs, yeah... On my way to work in the morning When I don't give a damn Can't nobody, can't nobody, can't nobody Can't nobody see just who in hell I am? Hemmed in by a suit Yes, all choked up in a tie Ain't no wonder sometimes near morning I hear my woman cry She knows her man is a prisoner Won't you hear my plea Yeah, 'cause I need somebody Woah, to listen to me My woman she don't say But she hates to see her man Chained this way, yeah Help me, I'm the prisoner Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... I'm the prisoner

The prisoner watches through the bars As the sun comes up every day And he's in love with the prison guard The one who locks him in his cage But he doesn't want to make it out Because it won't be the same No matter who he tries to tell They'll never love him the same way Does it matter what he did, if he says he's sorry How long is too long to spend in this cage rotting Does it matter what he did, if he says he's sorry How long is too long The prisoner watches through the bars As the sun comes up every day He counts the nights as he sits and waits But never plans a grand escape No matter what you think you've heard He's getting what he deserves Does it matter what he did, if he says he's sorry How long is too long to spend in this cage rotting Does it matter what he did, if he says he's sorry How long is too long