"Carried Away" genre: Nonfiction
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	CD: After The Fall
	Lyrics I was seventeen, I reacted without thinking. He was forty-two, never acted without drinking. Fond of psychological and physical assault I was helpless; he was father by default. He undertook his parenting with violent dedication But I began to tire of my corporal education. One day I said "enough" to beatings and abuse. I punched him in the mouth and knocked his domination loose. I shattered several teeth and broke the jawbone of the ass. My temper got the best of me at last. I was carried away. Yes I was carried away. Riding on an impulse, doing what I feel. Driving by emotion and blind behind the wheel. I was carried away. One day when I was twenty-five the spirit was upon me. My brother, he was taking in a television movie. Somehow I got the notion that his TV was possessed. It was time to put conviction to the test. I walked across the living room like Moses through the sea And laid my trembling hands upon the top of that TV. I commanded for the demons to come out in Jesus' name. (My brother in his Lazy-Boy, now fully entertained.) It's safe to say no demons were removed that afternoon. They were still in me as I staggered from the room. (chorus) Thirty-four and still without a clue inside my head. (Apparently it wasn't by the nose that I was led.) I knew it wasn't love but I proceeded all the same, Flattered that she wanted my last name. I barely even knew this girl who hung upon me so. But in the end I guess it was myself I didn't know. Perhaps I was afraid I couldn't make it on my own, Even though when I was with her I felt even more alone. That summer I was married to the stranger by my side. Oh what a disappointing ride... (chorus) Mature in middle-age, now I'm living by my reason. Summers of insanity replaced by saner seasons. Solid on the ground, no more cartwheels of emotion. I'm happy with the man that I've become. But even though I know I should be faithful to my brain Secretly I want to go a little bit insane. Somehow I have to find a way to live between the two. After forty-something years it should be easier to do. It's funny, but I really don't regret a single day That I was carried away. (chorus)

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