Bright Future

(chorus)
I can't be hearing this,
I can't believe you're telling me 
I am the sheriff,
But you're in love with the deputy 
I have no shield or any other type of weaponry 
Love's battlefield, you've defeated me so desperately 


(Verse 1) 
Said you were scared, 
'cause what I brought to you was true
And unprepared 
at that time of life to... see it through 
You keep on telling me 
The future will be bright for us 
And then you take it back 
You're dating now, I'm so jealous
And then you telling me 
You don't like it when I act this way 
I'm just a prisoner 
To the contradicting things you say 
When we first met
We were macaroni cheesin' it
So good together 
It was easy to believe in it 
The only question, 
I guess, would be, "how long?"
'cause one day you're right here 
But any moment you'll be gone 
It's the story of my life 
I continue on
But in the next chapter 
You're not here, you're gone, so long. 

(Instrumental stops - Acapella for one refrain)
I'm just a prisoner to the secrets that you keep 
I hear that violin, my heart it gently weeps 

(Instrumental starts for the second refrain) 
I'm just a prisoner to the secrets that you keep 
I hear that violin, my heart it gently weeps



(verse 2) 
Not a single clear thought 
will permeate my brain, I
hear the drops 
and drums of rain
I need a rest
but it doesn't go away 
Resonating in my chest 
Like a permanent delay 
But I move on 
In need of new discovery 
Find the power in myself 
In trying to uncover thee
Secrets and answers,
Girl, give me a reason
Besides that I'm a Cancer
... the tides or the seasons 
Yo, Want something real 
Please tell me how you feel 
On the level of the devil 
You went back on the deal
My heart you steal,
Then you step on it and give it back.
Losing love and faith 
Another chain react...  impact. 

(chorus)
I can't be hearing this,
I can't believe you're telling me 
I am the sheriff,
But you're in love with the deputy 
I have no shield or any other type of weaponry 
Love's battlefield, you've defeated me so desperately

(Closing refrain) 
What can I do?  What can I say? 
I think about the times you turned your back and walk away, 
I get that feeling girl, it haunts me to this day,
'cause you're gone, ... you're gone.


I'm just a prisoner to the secrets that you keep 
I hear that violin, my heart it gently weeps

Afrobeat Fela