Within the thin light of every dawn

I see a future which I know I'll miss

I see joy on faces of children and men

I hear all sounds even the snake's hiss



Beyond the cell bars that keep me from you

Remorse is my heaven and fate so strong

And I repent for ever more



Soon I'll be no more I think it's for the best

I've done my deeds and wrong I'll pay

But I see the dawn



This thought drives me mad but I wan to feel

For the last time how a free child laughs



Within dawn's dim light I see forgiveness and serenity

A purple vain over my sins, but I pay mine and I'll pay yours

Before my ending that frees you from me-remorse is

Remorse is my heaven and fate is so closed-oh so closed



And I repent for ever more



Strange words-maybe make you feel

like this man out there, like the man

Who stands in the beginning of a tale, a tale which seems to be

As honest like a child's kiss