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Don’t throw me down in the pit when I fight You I am afraid of the things that I might do Losing my strength and losing my virtue I am afraid I won’t know how to find You I am afraid Better off dead instead of out of touch Better off sleeping inside a coffin A heavy reverie & a twisted thought Count me among the long forgotten I’m so lost Floodwater falling it feels like I’m faltering time and time and again I’m not ready for these long nights up ahead Oh, I’m a corpse in a grave By my tears I am blinded Alone with the promise I’m made in Your likeness So many questions I keep in my mind Where can I find You & will You come find me? Where can I find You & will You come find me? Better off dead instead of out of touch Better off sleeping inside a coffin A heavy reverie & a twisted thought Count me among the long forgotten Better off dead instead of out of touch Better off sleeping inside a coffin A heavy reverie & a twisted thought Count me among the long forgotten I’m so lost 10 Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? 11 Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction? 12 Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness? 13 O Lord, I cry out to you I will keep on pleading day by day 14 O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me? 15 I have been sick and close to death since my youth I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors 16 Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me Your terrors have paralyzed me 17 They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long They have engulfed me completely 18 You have taken away my companions and loved ones Darkness is my closest friend