[Verse 1]

Oh, sweet God above

Please, please take me home

Show me the mercy

That he, that he denied

I, I've paid my dues

And I, I've served my time

[Chorus]

The shadow's haunting me the way it haunted him

He looked in my baby's eyes and he felt nothing then

He felt nothing then, he felt nothing then

And he feels nothing now

[Verse 2]

Not a day goes by

That I don't think of him

I don't know what he suffered, Lord

And I don't know what he's seen

But he's spread his sadness

Like, like a disease

[Chorus]

The shadow's haunting me the way it haunted him

He looked in my baby's eyes and he felt nothing then

He felt nothing then, he felt nothing then

And all I feel's anguish now

[Bridge]

There's is a darkness born out of time

It creeps along the edge of our excess

Its hatred ripples in our fertile hearts

Like heat waves shimmering with their mirage

It gathers chessmen and loaded guns

It snuffs the candles out, one by one

[Outro]

Oh, sweet God above

Please, please take me home

Show me the mercy

That he, that he denied