| I always trusted my protection
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| Such a long time to be sheltered, to be safe
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| I always trusted my protection
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| Always, always
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| I was a Sunday’s child
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| Forever walking in the sunlight
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| Tender voices, loving hands, a coat against the cold
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| I had immunity from danger
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| A world so young, songs unsung and tales untold
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| I always trusted my protection
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| Such a long time to be sheltered, to be safe
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| I always trusted my protection
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| Always, always
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| I thought that you can always find protection. |
| I grew up with my father and
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| mother, with my sister and brother, good people, kind people. |
| They gave me food,
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| clothes, shelter, they kept me safe from the burning sun and the winter cold.
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| They watched over me and made good choices for me, the best choices.
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| I came to believe that I would always be protected in this way,
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| that it was the natural state of things. |
| When I went out into the world I
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| presumed I carried their protection with me like a shield, like a membrane and
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| it led me to seek out the good in everything. |
| Oh, but the most shocking
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| realisation I’ve ever had is that the grown-ups are left and there is no
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| protection.
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| I always trusted my protection
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| Such a long time to be sheltered, to be safe
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| I always trusted my protection
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| Always, always
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| The only protector you have in this world is your own will. |
| And so it will be
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| as when the lion lies down with the lamb, they’re supposed to rest peacefully
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| side-by-side but the lamb won’t get much rest. |
| If your own will weakens,
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| what have you left? |
| Instincts, intuitions, feelings to make your choices with.
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| You’re unprotected. |
| Your will is your coat in the storm and if it fits,
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| you’re lucky. |
| You can easily end up with the wrong coat. |
| There should be a
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| fitting room to try it on before you agree to take it. |
| How can I get a new one,
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| my old will is so weakened, have you got a second hand one, preferably strong?
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| Some have weak wills that forever fail them. |
| Some have a strong will that’s
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| never tested, but so it goes.
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| I always trusted my protection
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| Such a long time to be sheltered, to be safe
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| I always trusted my protection
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| Always, always |