Started with a whisper, sweet as summer rain
Promised peace from all the hurt, freedom from the pain
Just a little magic in a vein or in a spoon
Chased the dragon's tail beneath a bloodshot moon
Said it made me taller, said it made me free
Didn't see the shackles closin' down on me
Yeah, the poison kissed me, called me "darling," "friend"
But the party always, *always* had to end...
**(Verse 2 - The Fall & The Face in the Glass)**
Now the mirror's cryin', shows a ghost I barely know
Sunken eyes tell stories only Hell could ever show
Track marks like a roadmap leadin' straight down to the grave
Every promise broken, every soul I couldn't save
*Just a needle junkie,* shiverin' in the cold
Sellin' every memory for the next hit to hold
World's a shattered bottle lyin' broken at my feet
Nothin' left but ashes, nothin' bitter, nothin' sweet
This ain't livin', Jesus, this is dyin' day by day
While the devil's keepin' careful, careful score I pay...
**(Chorus - The Plea)**
Oh God, can You see me? Beneath this filthy skin?
This wreckage that I'm livin' in, this soul drowned out by sin?
I'm beggin', beggin', beggin'... for Your love to hold me tight
Fix this broken shambles, turn my darkness into Light!
Stitch together pieces of this shattered, bleedin' heart
Pull me from the fire, Lord, before I fall apart!
Mercy, mercy, Father! Hear this junkie's ragged cry!
I need Your hand to lift me up before I lay me down to die!
**(Verse 3 - The Devil & The Fight)**
He's sittin' on my shoulder, breathin' sulfur in my ear
"Just one more, it's easy, drown the guilt, dissolve the fear."
He laughs at all my tremors, feeds the hunger in my core
Says, "God forgot your number, slammed and bolted Heaven's door."
The war inside is ragin', teeth clenched, muscles torn
Between the sweet oblivion and the hope of bein' reborn
This monkey's got me strangled, chains are cold and hard to break
Every cell is screamin', every single breath I take...
But somethin' deeper's stirrin', buried 'neath the shame and grime
A tiny, battered whisper... *maybe it's redemption's time?*
**(Chorus - The Desperate Cry)**
Oh God, *do* You see me? Beneath this curse, this blight?
This desperate, hollowed vessel lost in endless night?
I'm beggin', beggin', beggin'... for Your love to crash the gate!
Reach into this ruin, Lord, before it is too late!
Stitch together pieces of this failin', faithless heart!
Pull me from the bottom, give this dying soul a start!
Mercy, mercy, Savior! Hear this sinner's broken wail!
I'm clingin' to the promise that Your grace will *never* fail!
**(Bridge - The Glimmer & The Grasp)**
Is that... a Light? So faint... so far away...
Cutting through the sickness of this endless, wasted day?
Is it Your voice I'm hearin'? Whisperin' "Child, be still"?
Callin' through the chaos, bendin' to my broken will?
I'm crawlin' through the wreckage, bloody knees on broken glass
Reachin' for that mercy, hopin' somehow it will pass...
Over all my failings, wash the needle's stain away
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