the prison

I was high and dry like the
Kansas sky
If I ached for any more
I knew I'd surely die
Night after night, trying to get out of my skin
Day after lonely day, you'd send me back again
I have stood inside this prison
I have touched its stony walls
I know before you try to run
You gotta learn to crawl
I tried to leave it all behind me
I drove all night just to drive all day
But the walls of this prison still surround me
And I can't break away
I held you so close,
I thought my soul would break
But you were just a ghost, the holiest mistake
I will not be a judge or the one to set you free
I'll just keep on drivin' and time's a friend to me
I have stood inside this prison
I have touched its stony walls
I know before you try to run
You gotta learn to crawl
I tried to leave it all behind me
I drove all night,
I drove all day
But the walls of this prison still surround me
And I can't break away
The sentence has been read everything is done
I wish I could say goodbye to you, wish
I could hold the sun
My eyes are dull and burnt and they lie to me sometimes'
Cause I thought
I saw you cryin '
I have stood inside this prison
I have touched its stony walls
I know before you try to run
You gotta learn to crawl
I tried to leave it all behind me
In my dreams somehow
I got away
But the walls of this prison still surround me
And I can't break away