The Weight of Her Name

They said I sold shadows in alleyway light But I only held silence and dreams in the night The judge wore his mercy like a borrowed disguise Now I count every echo that time denies
She wrote me in verses, then vanished in flame Now I sleep with the whisper of her sacred name The bars are like prophets, they speak without sound And I wait for her footsteps on unforgiving ground
Oh Suzanne, my sorrow, my flame I’m chained to the truth, but they buried my name I’m innocent, darling, though the world doesn’t care I wait for your voice in the cold prison air
The cell is a chapel of rust and regret I pray to the gods that the world forgets She danced like forgiveness, she kissed like a crime And I loved her in silence, outside of time
Oh Suzanne, my sorrow, my flame I’m chained to the truth, but they buried my name I’m innocent, darling, though the world doesn’t care I wait for your voice in the cold prison air
They took me for barter, for sins I won’t claim But love is a sentence that burns just the same If freedom won’t find me, then let her be near Let her walk through the shadows and whisper, “I’m here”
Oh Suzanne, my sorrow, my flame I’m chained to the truth, but they buried my name I’m innocent, darling, though the world doesn’t care But I’ll wait for your love in the cold prison air