Doubts Even Here - Intellectual

[Verse 1: Peter Hook]

Those steps which seem to take a lifetime

When eyes just turn and stare

Day begins, collapsing without warning

You fade from sight, there's nothing there

No hope allowed, calls are answered daily

Questions are on your side

Deeply moved beyond all consolation

You felt the pulse, now hear the cry

In my mind, thoughts are becoming clearer

I'm watching every move you make

Counting time spent in observation

A single blow, a false mistake

[Outro: Peter Hook & Gillian Gilbert]

Then you revealed to me

All that I need to know now

(I was dazed and I could not speak)

Then please don't turn away

Why can't I talk to you now?

(My thoughts went back to times long past)

There's nowhere left to go

Where is this taking her and how?

(I remembered forgotten years

All night long, I was in deep distress

As I lay thinking, my spirit was sunk in deep despair)

There's nothing more I want

To know beyond your trust now

(Will the Lord reject us for evermore and never again show favour?

Has his unfailing love now failed us utterly?)

Don't throw our joy away

Why must you just you leave now?

(Must his promise time and again be unfulfilled?)

Memories are all that's left

I need you near to me now

(Has God forgotten to be gracious?

Has he in anger withheld his mercies?

But then, O Lord, I call to mind thy deeds

I recall thy wonderful acts in times gone by)