As a Dog Returns

Shadows fall, another daylight dies
 I gave up the ghost and the chains that bind
 Leave it behind, all that's misaligned
 Press into the new and back to the truth
 Many days of shame have wrought to defame
 The Name that's above all other names
 Lead me beyond to much greater things
 Let this new hope be the song I sing
 The tempter found one little crack
 In my armor I thought I'd patched
 Then took me places I shouldn't have gone
 I found myself much too far from home
 All the kingdom's pleasure for a season of time
 But the glass ain't clear till you drink the wine
 Now in stride I climb the steps from deceit
 What the world offers brought me to my knees
 As a dog returns to his vomit
 So a fool repeats his folly