Failure Lyrics

{At times like these
i feel so unclean i feel so scared
At times like these
you mean more to me than i can bear}

The Vision washes over me,
invading me, exposing me,
... i failed again

Accusations chasing me
while Shame is closing in on me
... i failed again

What is this thing inside of me
that keeps my sickness
tied to me? No matter how i
thought & planned,
it's back to where it all began.

i dropped my shattered sword & fled,
forsaken shield a sickened red
all the things i meant not to do,
i have done ... i failed again.

And though i've let you down again,
i feel your love as strong as ever
Though my strengh was dead & drained,
i can see you standing here
and through eyes that once were dust,
i see light, i see the answer-
please don't be sorrowed
by my weeping
i've only just now seen you clear

{At times like these... }

in waves it washes over me
caresses me, flows to me
from everywhere

gives names to me, hope to me,
possessing every moment
i'm not unaware

What is this life you give to me?
Though scattered by my enemy,
i rise again...

Though battle came to snap my sword,
it could not cut this subtle cord;
i rise again...