Seventeen and self assured in secret so to blame Hold it in, it's not a sin, it's just a shame You're not alone, this man he loves you In spite of everything you are But not by my grace
Of the shadows cast in corridors of human hearts Faith as fact my favorite fiction by far And every step I've ever taken In its grip, the coarse the same I've fallen on my face
I, I'm no more than what you see You never led me halfway on a cross or on my knees Time took all the faith I need Born to stand on trial, abandoned by the hand that feeds
Close your eyes and hold on, this will all be over soon Just another pound of flesh before you go And after all the dirt and pain and hate and sin has washed away What's left of me to love?
I, I'm no more than what you see
You never led me halfway on a cross or on my knees Time took all the faith I need
Born to stand on trial, abandoned by the hand that feeds
If you loved me at all Just let me go and bleed no more
Jesus, though I don't believe in this old give and take Won't you just deliver me once more for old time's sake?
I, I'm no more than what you see You never led me halfway on a cross or on my knees Time took all the faith I need
Born to stand on trial, abandoned
Abandoned all for this
My faith, my fears, all I believe My home, my heart, all I have free My smile, my tears, all I have free Will die with you and this to see