Angels come to earn their wings Shield me from the pain I hold so tight They seem so invisible The blind can't read without their light And then the darkness came and cluttered up my kindness game While everyone said "keep a smile, and sweep your hurt beneath the tile, and bow to me" Clipped of wings and forced to fly All my trust naive weighs me down And like a child deflected sight Deaf ears can't hear the killing sounds Robbed of all my sanity The norm was mediocrity And Wise men fell from pedestals The weak made goblets from their skulls And came for me Now, before I go I'll let you know a secret Then maybe you'll understand Staring deep into your soul I thought could make the torture go But it seems love never can Free, roll out to the sea Martyr out of me As I sail crucified Bleed, taking of my seed Kiss me, turn and leave And then I have to die, goodbye Lost my faith so long ago The worthy come, the worthy go to sleep Resting far beyond the lies they keep On my tongue a thousand tears A burning hate that reappears in me So now you turn to me, my friend Try to make me heed my own words It doesn't work that way It comes my time, reach ladders I can't climb I'll take another way Free, roll out to the sea Martyr out of me As I sail crucified Bleed, taking of my seed Kiss me, turn and leave And then I have to die, goodbye Angels come to earn their wings Where were they when I thought I could fly? They remain invisible, and Wonder why we lose our will to fight Still now the darkness comes We close the shades, avoid, be numb But through the cracks beneath the door It finds a way, becomes it's whore So lay with me Away with me Free, roll out to the sea Martyr out of me As I sail crucified Bleed, taking of my seed Kiss me, turn and leave And then I have to die, goodbye