This life is an open wound that will not heal
I cry out to God with all of my strength
Desperately I reach for Him in the night
This misery keeps my eyes from closing
Keeps my mouth from being able to speak
Is this as far as the arm of God extends
Has the fire burned itself out
There is no profit in this way of thinking
I must escape this frame of mind
And when I think of all He has done
When I consider all that He is
I am complete


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    you missed a whole line my friend.right before "and when i think of all he has done" idk if you..know but they do the cool demon thing and say"the source of all creation is inside of me"

    Burntredon July 04, 2007   Link
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    This song about about the narrator hitting a low point in his life, and slightly losing faith. But he realizes that he must not think like that because God is everything and makes him whole.

    agonyburnsredon June 22, 2008   Link
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    This song is about how people think that God is limited in power and how that it is not true. Because God is eternal in power!!!

    DHGlassHouse08on May 04, 2009   Link
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    this song really gets to me, like agonyburns red says, its about hitting a low point in ur life and losing faith in God. thas what ive done recently, so much has happened in the past few months and i gave up faith. this song has turned me around tho. thank you Becoming the Archetype

    FallenSaint97on October 28, 2009   Link

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