From the recording Master Stroke (2020)
Lyrics
A place where life wasn’t hurting him, a sanctuary
And he would long for a nod of your approval
And he could measure certainty…
He would have liked to call you up and tell you of his latest love and how it all got up and left him again
He would have liked you to understand to walk with him and hold his hand and tell him how each twist and turn will make him a man…
The one safe place in this world he could be and
He could measure certainty…
And even if you knew better
You’d let him believe his song did matter
All the tallest trees come from a single seed
And tell him that the pain he caused
Was just that of a growing boy
Whose mind was filled with fantasy…
Now he’s trying hard to change
He realises he’s the same
And he’s got no one else to blame
By the time it came it was too late
Self preservation shut the gate
The thought of covering all that ground
Was much too much to bear…
And he can see you hiding amongst the guilt and the crying
And he knows at the heart of all this pain he’s a part of the cause
But the real cost is what you’re losing
Each time you let the choosing
Close another frosted window in that ice castle of yours…