Don't Blame Me

Write it down to expel it Let it out and repel them I was a cage Of sorrow and rage That was open then I meant nothing of it But a means of catharsis Needed to feed the beast For sweet release To find me again You couldn't heal me, so I had to heal myself Screaming and writing were the only things that helped I don't know if this is morally sound But it's better than hushing the flames on the ground Don't blame me For all I Had to do You'd understand I know you would If it were you Head like a small apartment The tortured nature of the artist Never gets to leave And never gets relief Without a release And my heart felt deflated From the words you consecrated Darlin', can't you see The weight you strapped to me When you had to leave You couldn't heal me so I had to heal myself Screaming and writing were the only things that helped I've seen where mercy can be found It lies within the pages of a battered leatherbound Don't blame me For all I Had to do Don't see me Through eyes tainted blue You don't see me Through eyes tainted blue Don't you blame me For all I had to do Don't you whimper when faced with the truth And don't blame me for what you put me through Don't blame me for all I had to do