There's a gate with a lock and two high walls All around me are all - seeing eyeballs And there's a guard with a gun should I run Should I run, should I run There's a small patch of grass that I've handled Through the gaps in the bars left a candle And there's a lapse when the guards switch their watches No one watches, no one wathces
O Lament, O lament - my Savior awaits me there O Lament, O lament - why if I die should I care?
There's a day I remember so clearly It's the day when the Spirit moved near me And there's unfinished work to attend to To attend to: I intend to There's a night that I chose for a reason It's got to do with the moon and the season But there's a guard wit ha gun should I run Should I run, should I run?
O Lament...
There's a shot ringing out from the tower Now I'm drawn to the ground by some power And there's a light through it's long past the hour