Love, Salvation, The Fear Of Death Lyrics

Well I'm staring straight into the face of hell
You're so close and you can't even tell
I'm so wrapped up inside
Because I don't have much to love

Horrified I reel from pits unseen
Falling off my pedestal of plentiful deeds
As it crumbles down on top of me
I contemplate my lack of love

chorus :
Come and save my soul
Before it's not too late
I'm not afraid to admit
How much I hate myself

All these gongs and cymbals ring inside my head
Surrendered body to the flames has singed the skin
Can't speak in tongues and even if I could it's nothing
Because I cannot love

chorus

Well I'm staring straight into the face of hell
I'm so close and I can't even tell
I'm so afraid I'll amount to nothing
'Cause I don't have much to love
Much to love (x 3)
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Submitted by
nelly On May 24, 2002
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I read the lyrics before I actually heard it. I fell in love with the words, but the music took a while to get used to. It seems... out of place.

I love this song. It's preaching at me. I tend to like songs that do that. o.O;;; (i.e.: anyone, anyone by dbc)

Linc

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i agree! ive never herd this song.. but the lyrics r touching

Cover art for Love, Salvation, The Fear Of Death lyrics by Sixpence None the Richer

The lyrics relate to the following Bible verses from Paul:

"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal." (1 Corinthians 13:1)

"For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate." (Romans 7:15)