[Writing] Soteria

I met a girl in a mental institution a ways back.
Remembered her yesterday.
Wrote song.

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I’ll ferry you across the sea
Fragile, Carrie, marry me
I’ll carry you away from here
Quiet, Carrie, quite sincere

Carrie, where are you now?
Did you recover from your wounds?
Did they ever fully heal?
Please tell me you found happiness
Please tell me how you feel
Did you find a love that’s real?

Chilled to the bone,
stripped of your crown
Robbed of your throne
and dragged through the town
Left all alone
The world pushed you down
but I am here now, and I have known pain
and now that I’ve found you
you’ll never have to be alone again

Fragile, Carrie, marry me
We’ll be happy, guaranteed

Thrown to the street
all battered and sore
Get back on your feet
Don’t cry anymore
Carrie, buried
deep within sound
We’ll rule all the kingdoms
we’ve found underground
Marry me, Carrie
and ten years away
we can look back and laugh
at the pain of today
You will have love
I’ll have someone to hold
and neither of us
will be tired or cold
Marry me, Carrie
We’ll find happiness
The world could be ending,
but we could care less

Ten years from now, carried away
We can look back and laugh
at the pain of today