(Verse 1) Save me in this prison, Love me bittersweet. I’ve walked a life unholy, On roads where angels never speak. I lived inside a mansion Where the river never bleeds, But wealth can’t cleanse a spirit That’s chained by its own deeds. (Pre-Chorus) Oh, I have seen the beauty In the touch of the Divine— But evil kept its promise Where the rivers intertwine. (Chorus) I gave a thousand years, Still I’m giving in to you. My soul is worn and tattered, But the darkness pulls me through. I know it’s not enough, Still I’m ready now to bleed— For mercy or for judgment, For whatever fate I meet. (Verse 2) The guilt is paralyzing, The fear is mounting fast. I fed on every shadow, Stayed a stranger to my past. My flesh is turning rotten, My name will soon be gone— A whisper in the wasteland Where the sinners drag along. (Pre-Chorus) In dying, I remember How innocence once shone— A boy with burning embers, Never walking life alone. (Chorus) I gave a thousand years, Still I’m giving in to you. My soul is worn and tattered, But the darkness pulls me through. I know it’s not enough, Still I’m ready now to bleed— For mercy or for judgment, For whatever fate I meet. (Bridge) I hear the Presence calling, Like thunder in my bones. A choir for the broken, For the damned, the lost, the lone. If Heaven takes me trembling, Let Hell release its claim— For one last breath of freedom Before I fade to flame. (Final Chorus) I gave a thousand years, Still I’m giving in to you. My spirit begs for healing, But the dark keeps dragging through. When all my sins are counted, Let the river wash me clean— Where the old man meets redemption, Where the waters turn serene.
