Addict's Plea ... On Bended Knee

So long ago
... I drew a line
... for myself in the sand
Time after time
... I moved that line
... when I crossed it again and again
Here we are
... back at the same old place
... down on the ground on my knees
But I'm still staring you
... right in the face

I know
... that I've been afraid
And I'm getting jaded
... more and more every day
I don't really care
... what anybody says
I ain't gettin' closer
... while I'm running away

How many times?
... on a raging sea
If you see me going down
... you gonna rescue me?
If I turn back to you
... on bended knee
Will you unlock my cage?
Will you set me free?
Set me free...

---Mike Roe, "I Buried my Heart at Wounded Knee" (The Boat Ashore, 1997)