I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Don't bring pride on my doorsteps
Walk barefooted if you want to come
I hold in my soul only the stars burns
And crumbled bridges that have fallen in time.
Don't close the gate that's sitting there waiting
So you can turn around when all the lights have faded
For life is not an endless sea of forgiveness
It's also the same road that counted your steps.
You will find in me only wind and ruins
The ashes of a love that was stolen by grief
Sparks that have once burned brightly
But now they died in the corner of an empty hall.
I gather in my palm all the strikes I received
And all the brazen stones that were tossed at my door
I leave them on the exit, neatly put together
So we won't call the sorrow a dear one of ours.
Take back your silence and your guilt
And all the cold nights I have cried
When leaving, do not close the door
For all that's been is already gone.
I have reborn from my bitter cinder
The woman within me was born from the dusk
With no pain standing now in my way.
A free bird gliding through the calm, peaceful dark.