Every church bell sounds the same on my knees
I trade a lifetime of sorrow and pain for each whispered please
And when I can’t feel your touch in my dreams
I slide down deeper to the bottom of a dirty ravine

And I’m sorry
So sorry
But it’s never gonna happen again
‘Cause I’m over
So over the things that made me hurt you then

I was running hard for your shadow on the wall
As my feet hit the ground I could almost hear you call
When she came in for warmth I promised I wouldn’t fall
But she lit a candle, turned off the lights
And I couldn’t see you at all

‘Cause every church bell sounds the same on my knees
I trade a lifetime of sorrow and pain for each whispered please

And I’m sorry
So sorry
But it’s never gonna happen again
‘Cause I’m over
So over the things that made me hurt you then

But you still need to know
How could I let you go for a moment?

Well I swallowed hard
I stood my ground for a while
In the face of an angel that whispered to me with a smile
And you,
You should have been there in her eyes
But when all you see is beauty, it’s so hard to hear the lies

It’s never gonna happen again
I swear to you stronger than before
Hear me louder than before the storm

As you sift through the driftwood and pieces of glass,
Pick up the pebbles, and kick up the ash,
You might fight the plaque that hung on the door
Of the castle that fell ‘fore you came to my shore that said,

“I built this shrine and I’ll tear it down”
And you’re damned if you enter
Damned if you’ve found the love of a man who is eager to drown
In the arms of the next golden girl to come around
The hum of the next velvet voice in his ear
Not his choice, but his fear
A smile for a tear
Eclipsing the words of a woman who’s not there
Aware of temptation he knows he can’t bear

I need you to stop me, to shake me, to shield me,
To prop me up and take me to where you can heal me
I need your forgiveness
Absolve me, please
So I won’t hear the chimes that keep making me cheat

‘Cause every church bell sounds the same on my knees
I trade a lifetime of sorrow and pain for each whispered please
I’m sorry
Please forgive me