Repent

Repent
11/08/2006
by Lorne Clarke copyright 2006
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From the online song cycle HANDS IN THE DARK

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I don't believe in God no more
I've finally given up
And I don't believe in Heaven or Hell
And I don't believe in love

Because they told me Jesus loved me
When I was just a kid
He said, "Suffer the little children"
So that's exactly what they did

Repent Repent
And everything will be OK
You've got to make a deal like that
Just to keep the ghosts at bay

When they called me to the altar
My parents were so pleased
That of all the Parish angels
Father had chosen me

I tried my best to please him
But when I made mistakes
He beat me 'till I wet myself
And lay cowering in shame

Repent Repent
And everything will be just fine
You've got to seek forgiveness
To got to heaven when you die

When he laid his hands upon me
In the silence of that room
He'd say, "This is going to hurt me more
Than it ever could hurt you"

But as time passed he grew nervous
Worried he might get caught
So he bound me by confession
To be sure I'd never talk

Repent Repent
And everything will be OK
You've got to make a deal like that
Just to keep the ghosts at bay

I always knew it was my fault
That I was the only one
I knew no one would believe me
If I told them what he'd done

30 years of booze and nightmares
Haven't stilled those memories
I was imprisoned by the power of God
Now the truth will set me free

Repent Repent
And everything will be OK
You've got to make a deal like that
Just to keep the ghosts at bay

Repent Repent
And everything will be just fine
You've got to seek forgiveness
To got to heaven when you die

I don't believe in God no more...