If the bombs go off and I've no courage to hold fast
Promise me you'll leave
Keep a safe distance from the blast
I'm terrified I'll burden you the way I do myself
It's hard enough to self-destruct without destroying someone else
'Cause there's a darkness deep inside of me
Brother, I can't keep it in
And how on earth can you console
This death-haunted heart in a world full of sin?
This world full of sin
Wave, after wave, after wave, after wave
After wave, after wave, after wave
I've told all my secrets
And I've faced all my darkest fears
But nothing seems to still the sadness
Nothing stops the tears
'Cause there's a darkness deep inside of me
Lord, it's all too much to bear
The joy of "the already"
All but smothered by "not there"
Wave, after wave, after wave, after wave
After wave, after wave, after wave
After wave, after wave, after wave, after wave,
After wave, after wave, after wave...
Whatever I decree
However they may flee
Wherever You may be
Let Love draw the darkness
Draw it out of me
When lusts betray this battered heart longing to be free
When seasons sworn to shape me make me timber from a tree
Let it all be brought to light
Behold the agony
'Cause I need You to stay more than I don't want You to see
I need you to stay more than I don't want You to see