Deathbed
(专辑: Five Score And Seven Years Ago - 2007)
I
can smell the
death on the
sheets Covering me I
can't believe this is the
end But this is my deathbed I
lie here alone If I
close my eyes tonight I
know I'll be home The
year was nineteen forty one I
was eight years old and far far too young To know that the
stories Of battles and glory Was a
tale a
kind mother Made up for her son You see Dad was a
traveling preacher Teaching the
words of the
Teacher But mother had sworn He went off to the
war And died there with honor Somewhere on a
beach there But he left once to never return Which taught me that I
should unlearn Whatever I
thought a
father should be I
abandoned that thought Like he abandoned me By forty seven I
was fourteen I'd acquired a
taste for liquor and nicotine I
smoked until I
threw up Yet I
still lit 'em up For thirty more years Like a
machine So right there you have it That one filthy habit Is what got me where I
am today I
can smell the
death on the
sheets Covering me I
can't believe this is the
end I
can hear those sad memories Still haunting me So many things I'd do again But this is my deathbed I
lie here alone If I
close my eyes tonight I
know I'll be home Got married on my twenty first Eight months before my wife would give birth It's easier to be sure you love someone When her father inquires with the
barrel of a
gun The
union was far from harmonious No two people could have been more alone than us The
years would go by, and she'd love someone else And I
realized I
hadn't been loved yet myself From there it's your typical spiel Yeah, if life was a
highway I
was drunk at the
wheel I
was helping the
loose ends All fall apart Yeah, I
swear I
was destined to fail And fail from the
start I
bowled about six times a
week A
bottle of Beam kept the
memories from me Our marriage had taken a
seven-ten split And along with my pride the
ex-wife took the
kids I
can smell the
death on the
sheets Covering me I
can't believe this is the
end I
can hear those sad memories Still haunting me So many things I'd do again But this is my deathbed I
lie here alone If I
close my eyes tonight I
know I'll be home I
was so scared of Jesus But He sought me out Like the
cancer in my lungs It's killing me now And I've given up hope On the
days I
have left But I
cling to the
hope Of my life in the
next Then Jesus showed up Said, "Before we go up I
thought that we might reminisce. See, one night in your life When you turned out the
lights You asked for and prayed for My forgiveness. You cried wolf. The
tears they soaked your fur. The
blood dripped from your fangs. You said, 'What have I
done?' You loved that Lamb With every sinful bone. And there you wept alone. Your heart was so contrite. You said, 'Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes. Sanctify this withered heart of mine. Stay with me until my life is through. And on that day please take me home with You.'" I
can smell the
death on the
sheets Covering me I
can't believe this is the
end I
can hear You whisper to me, "It's time to leave. You'll never be lonely again." But this was my deathbed. I
died there alone. When I
closed my eyes tonight You carried me home. [Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings as the
voice of Jesus:] I
am the
Way. Follow Me And take My hand. And I
am the
Truth. Embrace Me and you'll understand. And I
am the
Life. And through Me you'll live again For I
am Love, I
am Love, I, I
am Love.