Down Hill

We’re fool to make war on our brothers in arms

My heart’s gonna burst
Right out of my soul
The world is afire
Going up in smoke
And what have I done?

Barren as the desert
Sorry as my soul
Wicked as the night
That haunts me so

Today is sadder than yesterday
For my tears can’t wash down my sins
When the end comes
I’ve got nowhere to turn
Can’t recognize my brother
My sister’s on a different train
And I’m all by myself
Yearning for rain

Oh lord give me tears
I want to be able to cry again

Every night I cry myself to sleep
But tonight is especially bad
I put a rock over my hopes and dreams
But haven’t managed to squash them yet

I look forward to my judgment day
To know whether all my grieving was in vain
Oh lord give me strength for yet another day
Or relieve me of my misery and pain
For I know not which I’d choose
If my red drenched eyes had their way

It is so hot in here
But I am trapped by my fears
I’m afraid to get out of my bed
With these thoughts in my head
And the wicked window smiles as she calls me so
Tonight I lie, swamped in my sweat