Lying Down Lyrics - Kirsty Maccoll

I was born and I was bred 

I was reared and I was fed 

Moved into the neighborhood 

Where I was bad and I was good 

I fixed things for people there 

I took them out I don't know where 

I colored in their lives to give them outlines 

I walked before I'll walk again 

I'll walk along a line of men 

And walk into the lion's den 

I think you know but you won't say 

Just what it is makes life this way 

But I'm not going to take this lying down 

Reach for the stars retch for the earth 

We took the earth and made it worse 

And there was never any doubt 

We ate it up we spat it out 

And still we love to say we did it our way 

On this voyage of discovery 

I'm blinded by the things I see 

I've seen before I'll see again 

I'll look along a line of men 

And fall into the lion's den 

Now you can pray your head is bared 

And I'm not saying I'm not scared 

But I'm not going to take this lying down 

I think you know but you won't say 

Just what it is makes life this way 

But I'm not going to take this lying down