Born with eyes But they are not to see Living on your knees Choking on your spiritual agony Follow the traces of blood Throughout the past centuries You choose not to see Bow down and worship me at the altar of shame
You strive for perfection But you don′t have the tools Human weakness embodied Fodder for fools Feeding the fear of life itself Over and over again And choose not to see
Bow down and worship me at the altar of shame
So you′re the saint and I′m the sinner? You will never understand You′re the saint and I′m the sinner No - you will never understand
Born with eyes But they are not to see Living on your knees Choking on your spiritual agony Follow the traces of blood Throughout the past centuries You choose not to see Bow down and worship me at the altar of shame
There is a house in New Orleans, They call the superdome It′s been the ruin of many a poor boy And God, I know I′m one.
I cry to my daddy on the telephone, How long now? Until the clouds unroll and you come down, The line went. But the shadows still remain since your descent, Your descent.
I cry to my daddy on the telephone, How long now? Until the clouds unroll and you come home, The line went. But the shadows still remain since your descent, Your descent.
The saints are coming, the saints are coming. I say no matter how I try, I realize there′s no reply. The saints are coming, the saints are coming.
I say no matter how I try, I realize there′s no reply.
A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief, How long now? Until the weather change condemns belief, How long now? When the night watchman lets in the thief What′s wrong now?
The saints are coming, the saints are coming I say no matter how I try, I realize that there′s no reply The saints are coming, the saints are coming I say no matter how I try, I realize there′s no reply I say no matter how I try, I realize there′s no reply I say no matter how I try, I realize there′s no reply
This was my call to your arms Sounding silent alarms Will you love me when you hear me lie? This last time I′ve seen a sea of change This fleeting love that leaves me alone This last time Lift me now from this pain You know the way to bring me home As we die We′ve dimmed our lights past darkness Hiding our way back from this Swallowing every glimpse of our faithfulness Who will guide us home when we cannot see? The weak to follow the lead It′s taking over our lives As we live, as we die