Affliction

Oh, sweet God above, please take me home
 Show me the mercy that he denied
 I've paid my dues, and I've served my time
 The shadow's haunting me the way it haunted him
 He looked in my baby's eyes and he felt nothing then
 He felt nothing then, and he feels nothing now
 Not a day goes by that I don't think of him
 I don't know what he suffered Lord, I don't know what he's seen
 But he's spread his sadness like a disease
 The shadow's haunting me the way it haunted him
 He looked in my baby's eyes and he felt nothing then
 He felt nothing then, and all I feel's anguish now
 There's is a darkness born out of time
 It creeps along the edge of our excess
 Its hatred ripples in our fertile hearts
 Like heat waves shimmering with their mirage
 It gathers chessmen and loaded guns
 It snuffs candles out one by one
 Oh, sweet God above, please take me home
 Show me the mercy that he denied