Depend on me And I will let you down Repeatedly You'd think you'd have learned by now In your hour of need I'm nowhere to be found And while you bleed I'm indifferent God is a strangely absent father His back is turned perpetually All the orphaned sons and daughters Abide in their suffering Cry out to me And I won't hear a thing My door is closed And I'm not listening When troubles come You'll be on your own Divided from Some saintly guidance God is a strangely absent father His back is turned perpetually All the orphaned sons and daughters Abide in their suffering Believe in me It won't make me exist No matter how That rumor may persist Your Kingdom is The earth on which you walk Reap your reward Before its too late God is a strangely absent father His back is turned perpetually All the orphaned sons and daughters Abide in their suffering