The Prison Lyrics - Skin - Melissa Etheridge

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 

Related 

18 Non-Traditional Yet Perfect Wedding Songs 

Love Stinks, So Here Are 15 Anti-Valentine's Day Songs 

Modern Love: The Best Top 40 Love Songs For Valentine's Day 

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 

Photos 

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