Oh God in Your Great Mercy

I've seen it in my dreams
So many times before
It looks like a child
But I know it's so much more
In swinging swirling madness
I can hear it breathing
It's calling me and wants to play
That same old silly game again

It's standing next to my bed
When i lay awake at night
And the cold little hands are reaching out for mine
I try not to scream, yeah
When she whispers in my ear
"I'm afraid of the dark, can i please stay here for awhile?"

I didn't ask for this or did i? I don't know?
This is what Jesus might have asked you on death row
I am the star in obscure nazi fantasy
Lurking in my dharma
How the prophet disapproves of me!

It's standing next to my bed
When i lay awake at night
And the cold little hands are reaching out for mine
I try not to scream, yeah
When she whispers in my ear
"I'm afraid of the dark, can i please stay here for awhile?"

It's not a crime but I'm doing the time

Oh God in your great mercy
Shed your light on us
Deliver us from our shadows
I know that just some nonsense make-believe to help me go through the night
Oh it's quite clear that there's no hope
for me, there's no hope for you

It's standing next to my bed
When i lay awake at night
and the cold little hands are reaching out for mine
I try not to scream, yeah
When she whispers in my ear
"I'm afraid of the dark, can i please stay here for awhile?"

It's not a crime but I'm doing the time