The rope that's wrapped around me

Is cutting through my skin

And the doubts that have surrounded me

Are finding their way in

I keep it close to me

Like a holy man prays

In my desperate hour

It's better that way



So I'll come by and see you again

I'll be such a very good friend

Have mercy on my soul

I will never let you know

Where my mind has been



Angels never came down

There's no one here they want to hang around

But if they knew

If they knew you at all

Then one by one the angels

Angels would fall



I've crept into your temple

I have slept upon your pew

I've dreamed of the divinity

Inside and out of you

I want it more than truth

I can taste it on my breath

I would give my life just for a little death



So I'll come by and see you again

I'll be just a very good friend

I will not look upon your face

I will not touch upon your grace

Your ecclesiastic skin



I'll come by and see you again

I'll have to be a very good friend

If I whisper they will know

I'll just turn around and go

You will never know my sin