The oxygen in my pipes is waning
The veins in my head are overflowing
A rush of blood to my head
I lie helplessly in my bed
…
My hands reach out for the phone
My skin can feel my bone
It seems my phone is dead
I lie helplessly in my bed
…
The night passes me by as I think of you
There is very little that I can do
The cold sun seems so dead
I lie helplessly in my bed
I may have left His shrine
But He hasn’t left mine
He pulls me out of a hole
And cleanses my soul
Pardons me my sins
Wipes all the pain within
I may have left His shrine
But He hasn’t left mine
I fear falling in love again
It hurts so bad
Drives me mad
Makes me sad
I fear falling in love again
…
I fear falling in love again
Makes me care too much
Makes me think too much
Makes me fear too much
I fear falling in love again
…
I fear falling in love again
Tears me apart
When it starts
To break my heart
I fear falling in love again
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I fear falling in love again
But it is all for good
Learnt a lesson before I could
Run away from the truth and should
Fear falling in love again
Forgive me my sins
Deliver me from pain
Make me a better person
That I may not sin again
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Forgive me my sins
Deliver me from lies
Make me a better person
In your eyes
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Forgive me my sins
Deliver me from hatred
Make me a better person
And I shall hold it sacred
O’ men of wisdom, tell me if it’s true
Do wise men fall in love too?
Does love catch them by surprise?
And do they, then, cease to be wise?
The lights fade away by night
The howling ghosts reappear
They are searching for me everywhere
But I have always been right here
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They want to consume me
I do not mind giving in
There is not more evil in them
Than there is within
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And when the feast is delivered
And the beasts are satisfied
I’ll know you could have rescued me
If only I would have cried
Throw some light upon this tale
And then upon my way
Would you help me burn the trail
As I step into the day?
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And then throw some light up yonder
I cannot see too far
Half the night I sit up and wonder
I do not know who you are
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Throw some light in my mind
And let me fall asleep
Let me leave everything behind
I cannot lie awake and weep
To whom do I owe my worship?
To God who doesn’t have time
To the law that calls it a crime
Or to the man who just threw me a dime?
If you need help, you can count on me
If you’re in trouble, call out to me
But there is one thing you must understand
I am not your only friend
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You’ve got eyes to see and ears to hear
And a brave heart to fight all fears
And hands to write and legs to stand
I am not your only friend
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You may have been down. You may have been beaten
And even love may have been forsaken
There is something special that He has planned
I am not your only friend
I am awake now
Hoping to hear your voice to ease my troubled mind and set the wars in my head to peace
I lay down
Close my eyes and believe that I may never be the same as I miss you and your every little piece
I don’t understand
If the stars have planned
To get us together somehow
I am awake now
…
I am awake now
Are you awake in your bed and thinking as I am and wishing that there would be a light to show us the way
To smoother grounds?
Time cheats us every moment as I pray and hope and sing and watch the night turn into day
Leave the old track
And never look back
Forget everything somehow
I am awake now
…
I am awake now
And my heart would never let my soul sleep again with your face in the depths of my mind
Or even allow
The shadow of darkness to linger in my head with the traces of my steps washed and left behind
All your fears
Shall forever disappear
If you believe in my vow
I am awake now
Frank Solanki 