At last alone his fire's dying, burned another day Now to pretend and make up an ending, somewhere far away
He reached for a book all bound in leather Something that he knows he's never read And the first page says beware you've found the answer The next one says I wish that you were dead Don't go on, put it back, you're reading from the Bible Black
What's this word I see, who are you and who are me Maybe I just stumbled in the dark I must have been out cold, but the way the story's told They found me lying naked in the rain, yeah
Let me go, I've seen religion, but the light has left me blind Take me back, I must have the Bible Black
Well here I go again, from the start and to the end I wish I could remember what I've done Now here's another spell, it could take me straight to Hell And I feel I'm getting closer to my home
Let me go, I've found the diction, and it makes me feel alive Take me back, I must have the Bible Black
He locks himself away and tastes the silence Hungry for another bite of wrong And just the word, "Oh Lord please take me with you" Took him to a place we don't belong Let him go, he can't come back, he's reading from the Bible Black
So if your fire's dying, and what's the use of trying I may know another place that you can go It's hiding in the pages, but you may not come back You're reading from the Bible Black