Between Me, You And Liberation-Common

[ti:Between Me, You And Liberation] [ar:Common] [al:Electric Circus] [by:] [offset:0] [00:30.35]She rested her head upon my chest [00:33.05]Sensed liberation in between breaths [00:35.50]Wonder if sex is what she found it in [00:38.19]Peace found it laying down with men [00:40.71]Wasn't there to judge her many ways I loved her [00:43.16]It was more than bodies we shared with each other [00:45.55]We lay under the cover of friends [00:47.97]A place where many lovers begin [00:50.30]I began to feel her body shake in my hand [00:52.75]Body language it's so hard trying to understand [00:55.32]Usually after sex it's a good feel [00:57.65]Shook by silence emotion stood still [01:00.39]I could feel a tear spill from her grille [01:02.72]Hurt from before that began to build [01:04.85]She told me hold me the story she assembled it [01:07.80]Tellin' it trying not to remember it [01:10.00]It was a story of innocence taken [01:12.25]Thought she could redeem through love makin' [01:14.64]When she was eight she was raped by her father [01:17.21]And tried to escape through multiple sex partners [01:19.60]Felt pitiful she had only learned [01:21.92]To love through the physical inside it burned [01:24.29]My heart turned I thought of what this man did [01:27.12]She forgave him she grew to understand it [01:29.43]Her soul was tired and never really rested [01:31.61]Only with men through aggression [01:33.55]Said it was a blessing and it happened for a reason [01:35.98]By speaking it she found freedom [01:38.60]Between me and you [01:40.00]Sometimes I wish a careless whisper [01:42.93]Still could be heard without speaking a word [01:47.82]Because of you I'm stronger I'm afraid no longer [01:52.65]I feel so alive lately you have liberated me [01:57.62]She laid I watched her breathe [01:59.74]Happy to be here not afraid to leave [02:02.73]I couldn't conceive her not being here [02:05.29]Death in her face her not having fear [02:07.66]Less than a year she was diagnosed with it [02:10.03]Memories of that year so close and vivid [02:12.47]Happiness would only visit once in a while [02:15.29]To watch an adult becoming a child [02:17.74]Somehow I knew she'd make it [02:20.19]The life of one so given early would God take it [02:22.76]Hurt she placed in hope and prayer [02:25.09]Hurt she placed in chemo and lost hair [02:27.40]I stare with my eyes closed [02:29.28]Wonder when the body leave does the mind go [02:32.11]Watchin' Jordan became less important [02:34.24]Seeing this disease eat away my aunt's organs [02:36.80]According to doctors there's no cure [02:39.00]We went through doubt and cases of insure [02:42.26]Wish I knew then how to heal with herbs [02:44.77]Knew a part of her I could heal with words [02:46.79]But the Creator was sending for her [02:48.99]What seemed like the end was the beginning for her [02:51.42]Like that she didn't want us to remember her [02:54.25]No more medication did she want us to give to her [02:56.69]It spread from her liver to her lungs to her last breath [02:59.64]Only to be freed through death [03:02.09]Between me and you [03:03.40] [03:25.54]He spoke with his eyes tear-filled [03:27.68]A lump in his throat his fear built [03:30.38]My whole life it was instilled [03:32.69]This ain't the way that men feel [03:35.40]A feeling he said he wish he could kill [03:37.96]A feeling not even time could heal [03:40.41]This is how real life's supposed to be [03:42.49]For it to happen to someone close to me [03:45.04]So far we'd come for him to tell me [03:47.68]As he did insecurity held me [03:50.07]I felt like he'd failed me [03:52.20]To the spirit yelled 'help me' [03:54.90]I'd known him for like what seemed forever [03:57.35]About going pro we dreamed together [03:59.60]Never knew it would turn out like this [04:01.99]For so long he'd tried to fight this [04:04.81]Now there was no way for him to ignore it [04:07.01]His parents found out and hated him for it [04:09.46]How could I judge him Had to accept him if I truly loved him [04:13.22] [04:14.28]No longer he said had he hated himself [04:16.65]Through sexuality he liberated himself [04:20.08]Between me and you [04:24.84] [05:33.95]Liberation [05:44.23]Peace