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
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
So happy a heart that knows no love
No beat inscribed with a name
Touch it with bare hands or with a glove
The cold heart shall feel the same
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So happy a heart that knows no love
It won’t bleed for anyone
Except for someone who lives high up above
When all is said and done
In his heart, all the lies he would keep
The man who lost his sleep
Fearing the consequences, he would lie awake
For all the trust that he would break
And so he prayed to God on a particular night
And asked to be shown a guiding light
But never a voice, against his prayer did return
He believed himself to be unforgiven
Did he just happen to paint his whole life black
Or was there ever any way back?
He sought and sought. He sought and cried
And at a solution he arrived
He thought it would be better to end his life
Rather than telling the truth to his kids and wife
And so he knocked on the heaven’s door
And waited till the count of four
And the gates opened up very wide
The angels took him by their side
And showed him what his life could have been
If he had not succumbed within
And every picture and every scene
Rolled out right in front of him
His wife was upset and she let it show
The kids lost their favourite hero
But they were willing to pardon him
And were ready to start again
And never a step again did he take wrong
All his crimes seemed far too long
And as they rolled out the final scene
The man woke up from his dream
And saw his wife sleeping free
And kissed her head tenderly
And he knew what he had to do
Wake up tomorrow and be true
And though that night, the angels saw him weep
The man was thankful for he lost his sleep
Little by little, everything will seem to fall apart
Life is a journey. This is just a small part
Leave everything behind and make a new start
And let love fill the holes in your heart
I took a photo with a dead body
It was stinking. Still
I went ahead and took it
For it was my first kill
The clouds pour equally on us
The winds blow the same
Who are we, then, to draw lines
And play this wicked game?
There she stands
Dressed in black
Lie amongst the wreck
For her vengeance
She is back
Lie amongst the wreck
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She holds my hand
In the dark of the night
She’s a lie tonight
She laughs and plays
With my plight
She’s a lie tonight
And the truth bows down
To her might
She’s a lie tonight
Down my spine
She sends a fright
She’s a lie tonight
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There she stands
Dressed in black
Lie amongst the wreck
For her vengeance
She is back
Lie amongst the wreck
Frank Solanki 