Earthbound
by Morning Star
I’m alone tonight,
with lights all around—
silent streets,
not a single sound.
I should be afraid,
I should be in bed,
but it’s three in the morning—
I just wish I were dead.
If I could be killed,
if I just could be gone,
then these awful feelings
wouldn't linger on.
The thoughts of shame,
what they once did,
cut me inside—
please, Lord, make me dead.
Please come along—
a car or a bus,
so I can run out
and my bones be crushed.
Then I can leave
this terrible place—
there’s no one here,
no one I can face.
But it’s no use,
for somewhere inside,
God saves me still—
no matter how I’ve tried.
The power of love,
the power of You,
somehow shields me,
and pulls me through.
But still it comes back—
that terrible fear,
of being alone in the dark,
with no one near.
In fright, I’m silenced,
in shame, I’m too—
how can I cry out?
What would it do to you?
It’s better to keep it,
a secret inside,
then no one will know
why I run and hide.
Occasionally, I cut it—
all out with a blade—
the feeling of release
like a swallow, swift and brave.
Get away, fly high,
in the open sky—
have total control,
a feeling you’d die.
But then, with a bang,
you come crashing down—
like someone grabbed you,
to make sure you hurt.
Alone tonight,
I stand in this town—
will tonight be the night
I let myself down?