Gia Dagenhart

Lyrics

FORGIVEN (by Gia Dagenhart)

There's a portrait through your window
From a place you've never seen
You don't quite know how it got there
But you wonder what it means

And there's a folder on your laptop
That you won't open for ten years
And by the time you finally find it
It's corroded by your tears

And how could you have known that you'd be treated as a sin?
From the moment you were born, you'd have to beg to be forgiven
And the story keeps on going like the artifacts of stone
That made their way into your pocket–they're the proof you're not alone

There's a pawprint on the pavement at the bus stop by your house
And there's a feather on your jacket from the day we went downtown
And I'll be screaming that I'm sorry, and you'll say it's not my fault
But there's a truth within the shadow of the mirror on your wall

There's a doodle in your sketchbook of a porcelain figurine
That gathers dust inside the cupboard while the table stays pristine
And there's a tiny little number on the tag inside your vest
And a divot from my finger in the cavern of your chest

And how could you have known that you'd be treated as a sin?
From the moment you were born, you'd have to beg to be forgiven
And the story keeps on going like the artifacts of stone
That made their way into your pocket–they're the proof you're not alone