NATALIE MERCHANT LYRICS - Seven Years

"Seven Years"



How did I love you?

There was no measuring

Far above this dirty world

Far above everything

In your tower over it

You were clean



So warm and insightful

Were you in my eyes

I was sure the rightful

Guardian of my life

Damn you betrayer

How you lied



But for seven years

You were loved

I laid golden orchid crowns

Around you feet



For seven years

I bowed down

To touch the ground

So wholly your devotee



You were

All that I could see



I've got my sight now

I see everything you hid

So don't you try to right now

All the wrong you did

I might forget you

But not forgive



But for seven years

You were loved

I laid golden orchid crowns

Around your feet



For seven years

I bowed down

To touch the ground

So wholly your devotee



For seven years

You were so revered

I made offerings of

Anything and everything I had



You were

All that I could see