There are no nights now
When I don't dream
& I wake in the darkness
To find I've been weeping
But it has been ages
Since I've cried while awake
'Cause centuries wear on the heart
They erode it away
I'm still trying to record each word You spoke
If I finish I'll fill up this earth
But the memory of your voice leaves me empty
'Cause I've been banished and boiled alive
And yet I remain
& they still call me by name
But they don't say it the same
I watched all of my brothers become martyrs and die one at a time
But I often wonder if waiting for You is the harder sacrifice
And I'm still trying to record each word You spoke
& if I finish I'll fill up this earth
But the memory of your voice leaves me empty
I may be feeble and barely alive
But I've yet to forget
A single word that You said
If my voice breaks down
And all of my strength gives out
And I'm just a shell left breathing my last days out
Let it be known that time is a thief who surely steals everything
But in my case it just cleared out the waste for me
Nothing has dimmed, You have simply eclipsed all that stood in the way
I'd give twenty more lifetimes, it would all be the same
In the end I know I'll find You will come once again
You'll come call me by name.
There are no nights now When I don't dream & I wake in the darkness To find I've been weeping But it has been ages Since I've cried while awake 'Cause centuries wear on the heart They erode it away
I'm still trying to record each word You spoke If I finish I'll fill up this earth But the memory of your voice leaves me empty
'Cause I've been banished and boiled alive And yet I remain & they still call me by name But they don't say it the same
I watched all of my brothers become martyrs and die one at a time But I often wonder if waiting for You is the harder sacrifice
And I'm still trying to record each word You spoke & if I finish I'll fill up this earth But the memory of your voice leaves me empty
I may be feeble and barely alive But I've yet to forget A single word that You said
If my voice breaks down And all of my strength gives out And I'm just a shell left breathing my last days out Let it be known that time is a thief who surely steals everything But in my case it just cleared out the waste for me Nothing has dimmed, You have simply eclipsed all that stood in the way I'd give twenty more lifetimes, it would all be the same
In the end I know I'll find You will come once again You'll come call me by name.