I'll be your hired gun The lump between your lungs I'll be the hunk of molded plastic In Egyptian sun, and... I am hope, I am fear I am hope, I am fear I am hope, I am fear Beyond Mount Zion lies a Southmere Lake high-rise Where I wrote ten zillion words of Shakespeare As they hit my white eyes I am hope, I am (and fear) fear (I am fear) I am hope, I am fear (ooh) I am hope, I am fear I'm in the falling rain, I'm in your early grave I'm in the shit between where Hell and Heaven look the same I'm on the highest plane, I've died a thousand ways I hang in limbo 'cause your savior looked the other way (Preach) ♪ As mortals we can try, and oh, good Lord, you'll try But we can't ever offend everyone At the same time I am hope, I am fear I am hope, I am fear I am hope I am hope, I am fear I am hope, I am fear I am hope I'm in the falling rain, I'm in your early grave I'm in the shit between where Hell and Heaven look the same I'm on the highest plane (plane), I've died a thousand ways Hang in limbo 'cause your saviors, they all look the same We all look the same (same) And we judge the same (same) And we are bound to wind-up lovers 'Cause we look the same We all fuck the same (same) And we all die the same (same) And in these finite cosmos Best believe me when I say: I am hope, I am fear I am hope, I am fear I am hope (ooh) I am hope, I am fear I am hope, I am fear I am hope