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by Lauryn Hill


Lauryn Hill : Selah

  
Nothing can be done against the truth
      
No matter how we remain in denial
  
Wasting time Replacing time With each empty excuse
       
But that'll only work a little while

                 
Coping with despair
    
Knowing you're not there
       
Ashamed to just admit I've been a fool
       
So I blame it on the sun
    
Run away from everyone
       
Hoping to escape this ridicule

    
Trapped in misery
    
Wrapped so miserably
         
In this deception that I'm wearin' like a skin
    
Dying to maintain
    
Oh I keep trying to explain
         
A heart that never loved me to begin

     
Oh I'm such a mess
    
I have no choice but to confess
       
That I've been desperately trying to belong
     
Lying to myself
    
And everybody else
       
Refusing to admit my right was wrong


And then he came

Selah

And it means

Praise and Meditation

And then he came

Selah

And it means

Did ya think about that?

And then he came

Selah

Oh and it means

Praise and Meditation

And then he came

Selah
 
oh and it means

That it is seen

How beautiful is fruit still in denial of its roots?
My guilty heart behaved so foolishly
This treason from within
That reasons with my sin
Won't be happy till it sees the death of me

Selfishly addicted
To a life that I depicted
Conflicted cuz it's not reality
Oh what's left of me
I beg you desperately
Cause me to agree to what I know is 
best for me
Please save me from myself
I need you to save me from myself
Please save me from myself so I can 
heal

The choices that I have made
Oh have been nothing but mistakes
What a wasted use of space
Should I die before I wake?
In all of my religion
I've fortified this prison
Obligated to obey
The demands of bad decisions

Please save me from myself
I need you to save me from myself
Please save me from myself so I can 
heal

And then he came Selah
And it means Praise and Meditation
And then he came Selah
And it means Did ya think about that?
And he came Selah
Oh and it means Meditation
And then he came Selah
Oh and it means That it is seen
And then he came