Broken Child


I'm so cold and dark inside
Suicide is near
Dreams of happiness have also died
Feelings filled with fear

This life has been a road of stress
My shoes have been destroyed
And when I view the hope to come
I see an empty void

I tried to walk the narrow bridge
Sin has drug me down
Gravel strikes me in the face
As oceans rise to drown

Life's been drained from my mortal self
And stretched to it's extent
I know it well my life's been hell
I cry as I repent

Lord I pray into the night
My cast down soul has left the light
My body bathed in blackened coal
Ripped apart and swallowed whole
I ask to be forgiven now
I beg you as I humbly bow
My name corrupt your name defiled
You must restore this broken child

Ashamed of what I was before
I hide my face in fear
What I was then I'll be again
Still not thinking clear

Like a fire in the sea
The light will never shine
The love I never had at first
Is twisted like a vine

My dreams are filled with watching eyes
That wake me drenched in sweat
They're making sure I think no more
I am no more a threat

- Jim Dougherty

Back to the crypt?

Linger 'round the darkside...