Scarecrow

I like how Meg over at The Tangled Void sometimes posts song lyrics so I figured I would get in on the act.

I was listening to some older Skillet tunes and came across this song whose words have always resonated with me somehow. It strikes me as being one of the most poignant and vulnerable prayers I think anyone can pray.

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SCARECROW

Hanging on a post in my dirty clothes
Try to concentrate on you but I keep forgetting

Safe enough to not let go
Scared enough to not release
Open up to drink the wind
You tear me up when you come in

Take me down, shake me out
Give me a brain so I might know you better

Hanging in the sun
Waiting for the rain
Saw a field catch on fire
I caught myself just watching

Safe enough to not let go
Scared enough to not release
Open up to drink the wind
You tear me up when you come in

Take me down, shake me out
Give me a heart that I might love you better

Hanging on a post just next to yours
I want to curse and spit
I weep aloud at your mercy

Take me down, shake me out
Give me a life that I might serve you better

Take me down, shake me out
Give me a life that I might serve you better.