OF WHOM SHALL I FEAR?* / SHE ASKED THE VOICES IN HER HEAD / I AM SPENT / DECOMPOSING / SCARED OUT OF MY WITS / THE WORDS SWIRLED IN HER MIND FOR SHE COULD FIND NO ABSOLUTION / TEARS CLUNG TO HER EYES AS SHE STRADDLE BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD / IT'S DISMEMBERING HER FROM THE INSIDE / THE DEMONS CLAWING ITS WAY OUT / SHE WEPT / OH HOW SHE WEPT

SO THERE SHE WAS TRYING TO FIX HERSELF / BURIED AND TRAPPED UNDER THE DEBRIS OF ATONEMENT / TRYING TO WEAVE HERSELF OUT OF THE ELABORATE SELF-MADE LABYRINTH / EYES DANCING WITH FIRE / SHE LAID EVERYTHING BARE WITH OPEN PALMS / REACHING UP TO THE HEAVENS / SHE PRAYED FOR RESTORATION

AND SUDDENLY THE VEIL IS LIFTED FROM HER EYES / A CHORUS OF VOICES CHIME IN HER CRANIUM / OF THE STORIES SHE WAS TOLD AS A CHILD / OF THE HYMNS SHE SANG WHIST STANDING IN THE PEW AMID THE MASSES / ONE STOOD OUT AND SAID / I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD / WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME / DO YOU NOT KNOW / WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS / **I REMAIN