I sit here awaiting the dawn

Long minutes of black creeping on…

Racking my brain for the start of a song

When it's silence alone that I want

Silence the serpents who say

My singing will quicken the day

I clutter my soul with a scattered escape

When I’ve only to watch and to wait

Wait –

With my soul I wait

Don't be far away!

Lord come back for me!

Wait –

Just in you I'm safe

More than for the rays

Of the coming day

I wait

I can’t hide, I can't cover my shame

I'm for sale, and no one cares to pay

They're simply content but to snigger and spit

At no clothes, no respect, and no name

I can't hide from the light on my face;

I can't run from the dawn of the day

So teach me to flee from my wandering ways

To a day where the sun never fades...

Wait –

With my soul I wait

Don't be far away!

Lord come back for me!

Wait –

Just in you I'm safe

More than for the rays

Of the coming day

I wait