Stay Lyrics

I was a stranger in my own land

I knew no shepherd, no guiding hand

I prayed for solace through restless nights

My plea was desperate, and all was light

My heart was begging for a sign

I'll take your conviction for sublime

Why don't you lay me right into the walls of your shrine?

Of your shrine

It's light or dark, can't you tell?

Bottom of a wishing well

The time has come, you must decide

Go on alone or you can stay

How they are humble, how they are kind

How they look longing through diamond eyes

They give their comfort when they speak

They take in lepers and prey on the weak

They spread their arms wide, they grin

We've got the message our new friend

We're gonna lay you right into the walls of our shrine

Of our shrine

It's light or dark, can't you tell?

Bottom of a wishing well

The time has come, you must decide

Go on alone or you can stay

I wanna wear the robes

I wanna don the beads

I wanna cut myself open

Just to see if I bleed

I wanna read the book

I wanna dance for the sun

I wanna turn my back

And remember no one

I want a brand new mom

I want a brand new dad

I want praise when I'm good

I want the rod when I'm bad

I wanna take a vow

I wanna writhe in shame

Pay penance for my past

And take a new name

I wanna live for the king

Make it to the hill

I'll do of his bidding

Even if it's to kill

And when they come for me

It's too late I'm sold

I'm gonna do it till I die

Till my blood runs cold

And when they come for me

It's too late I'm sold

I'm gonna do it till I die

Till my blood runs cold

I wanna live for the king

Dance for the sun

turn my back and remember no one

turn my back and remember no one

Turn my back and become one