Doxology

And at the day's end When I'm feeling tired And I'm all alone And when my head speaks And my heart churns The battle rages on And I've got God sitting And his counterpart On one shoulder each And they're voicing it What they've come to say What they've come to teach "See it's your fault You don't pray enough Where's your time with me I see you over there Chasing after her Who are you trying to please And can you blame this all The guilt you feel right now On anyone but you You're writing poetry Instead of reading with me My time's overdue You don't trust in me I'm growing tired now Of these empty games Your mind's wandering You're a lazy one After selfish gains" Yes you're right of course On every account it's true Your shoulder has grown cold And yes I am 19 But now I must confess I'm feeling pretty old Because I'm recognizing That they way I feel Is from a battle that's real And every now and then I get a burst of fire And it makes me feel Leaf by Niggle Tree grows bigger Heart goes deeper still And now I'm breathing heavy Staring at the lies Staring death in the face And accusations flow "You'll never really live You're only just a fake" But excuse me Vile Every misspoke word Every blunder and gall Every terrible night Every walk away Every stumble and fall Every unkept promise Every broken heart Every guilt and shame Was striped upon his back Slammed into his brain And that day sin was slain And I have no clue Why he chooses to call Me beloved son But I'm made new And here's more good news The battle's already won Furthermore I do count I am set apart I am only his Look at his hands Look at his side They scream out to prove it And he held the stone To end my own life Firmly in his hand Yet look at the Script I am not condemned It's written in the sand And with that it ends When I'm feeling tired And I'm all alone When my heart speaks And I hear you say "Son I've been here all along"