Name: This is a Prison, Not a Playground
Duration: P00H03M41S
Description: We welcome you to enjoy a single from our early years. Circa 2010, This is a Prison, Not a Playground has never been released but we have continued to play it live since it was written.

This is a Prison, Not a Playground

from Compass - EP by A Crimson Atlantic

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We welcome you to enjoy a single from our early years. Circa 2010, This is a Prison, Not a Playground has never been released but we have continued to play it live since it was written.

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This is a Prison, Not a Playground

If time could fly backwards and be like a humming bird
We could be like this forever, and not even have to say one word
And I’ve wished us so far from anywhere our voices can be heard
There’s one thing that’s for sure. This dreams are just the sentence that I serve.

I once said that I would follow,
But now I see that’s not what’s best
I’m trapped and your words let me think
In the end I’ll begin to tunnel my way out
All I ask is that you help me
And what I need is you to give me the key

We’re all alone in this, but we’re still in this together
The only sounds- hearts beating and our breathing as the gate locks me up forever

I once said that I would follow,
But now I see that’s not what’s best
I’m trapped and your words let me think
In the end I’ll begin to tunnel my way out
All I ask is that you help me
And what I need is you to give me the key

These playground bars we used to swing on
Have now become what keep me here
Confined by all my own emotions
Not strong enough to leave I fear

I once said that I would follow,
But now I see that’s not what’s best
I’m trapped and your words let me think
In the end I’ll begin to tunnel my way out
All I ask is that you help me
And what I need is you to give me the key

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from Compass - EP, track released October 1, 2013

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