The Shield

(album: Just Look Around - 1992)

Lowered my shield, lowered defenses
Happier now feeling all senses
Heighten my soul and my awereness
Isn't it great being defendeless
A long time ago I was protected
The choice was mine and I selected
The joy and the pain were connected
Lowered my shield, now I'm not protected

I never used to let it down
Never used to let it down
I never used to let it down
Never used to let it
There's something I've got to see
I never used to let it down
Never used to let it down
I never used to let it down
Never used to let it
I've got to see what's really inside of me

Now I understand that emotion
Now I understand why there's commotion
All this time without a notion
All this time without devotion
Why waste time being suspicious
Come taste life it's delicious
Expose yourself to the malicious
Expose yourself, they're so vicious

All these years
will this shield disappear
And will I stand
a stronger man
no shield in hand
I'll have to overcome the pain the best that I can