For Better, For Worse Lyrics

For better for worse for richer for poorer

In sickness and health till death do us part

I'm the light of the world now unplugged from its socket

I'm an astronaut floating without a space-rocket

But beloved my photo's in your necklace locket

So I'll put on my coonskin I'm Davy Crockett

They say "Life's a dick When it gets hard f*ck it"

But I'm not so quick to just kick the bucket

What do they take me for? Kermit the Muppet?

I've had my strings cut but I'm more than a puppet

I lie on this sick bed diseased unsightly

But my bride my beloved — you're still here beside me

You're my delight my sweet Aphrodite

Give me your hand let me hold it tightly

Girl you're my angel — thank God Almighty! —

A glimmer of light to my troubled psyche

They're asking 'Will we make it through?' Looks dicey!

But I prophesy we will! So bite me!

For better for worse for richer for poorer

In sickness and health till death do us part

We've had our good times our moments of ecstasy

And one resulted in our very first pregnancy

We were believing for a pain-free delivery

'Supernatural Childbirth' — did we misread the recipe?

Fifty-hour labour while I looked on helplessly

Girl you did fantastically you gave birth naturally

Except that when I cut his cord it turned out actually

"she's haemorrhaging rapidly—rush her up to casualty!"

I waited with the baby while you lay in surgery

And that night I slept beside you curled up on a chair to be

As close as close could be; the nurse that night was mercifully

Sympathetic But the next day brought yet more adversity

No-one could explain why it was that your nerves should be

Completely dysfunctional They tested you thoroughly

MRI ultrasound Computerised Tomography

Surely there was something that could have been done medically?

I'm not dissing the doctors I bless the NHS!

I'm grateful for free healthcare Obviously yes

But three more months on crutches? mastitis in your breast?

My only explanation is to humbly suggest

That we were undergoing a huge spiritual test

And through it all God taught you to sing "Nevertheless"

'I—rest—my—case!' – that we'll never forget!

When suffering is at its worst I know God still can bless

And childbirth's the hardest thing but at least the pain

Is unto new life coming forth—it is not in vain!

And we need reminding again and again

That the rainbow always comes after the flood of rain

Take this truth install it in the circuits of my brain

Tattoo it on my forehead in letters large and plain

Lest I forget too easily and begin to complain

Remind me that redemption was bought with a bloodstain

But 'very first pregnancy'—maybe I lied

Sometimes it's so easy to forget and deny

The pain of the past and just brush aside

The reality of tragedy in your own life

Our very first baby never saw the daylight

Unborn yet a real little person who died

And it still breaks my heart it still makes me cry

I don't think I dared then to ask the Lord 'Why?'

But if I started asking I'm not sure I'd be able to

Know when I should stop because as we all know it's true

That disappointment frequently sneaks up on you

We have had our fair share haven't we? me and you?

The visa situation just after I'd married you

Torn a thousand miles apart for forty days times two

And when Inge died December twelfth just before two

In spite of our prayers even though she never wanted to

But I'm not being fair! I'm being a numpty!

God does respond when we come to him humbly!

Come with your questions come with your clumsy

Words and find food for all who are hungry!

Hungry for truth put however bluntly!

Hungry for hope for yourself and your country!

Hungry for beauty when you're feeling ugly!

Thus says the Lord 'let my Bride come to me!'

I was in tears just trying to write this

Don't think I'll ever be able to recite this

My vision's gone crazy — like a kaleidos-

-scope I can't cope with this feeling inside It's

Precious and pure It's hard to describe it's

Something that transcends the pluses and minus-

-es of this moment: as husband and wife there's

Nothing can separate It's how God designed us

A new dawn is coming

A new dawn is coming we're standing at the break of day!

Though I die I will live! I declare in Jesus' name!

A new dawn is coming we're standing at the break of day!

Though I die I will live! I declare in Jesus' name!

A new dawn is coming we're standing at the break of day!

Though I die I will live! I declare in Jesus' name!

A new dawn is coming we're standing at the break of day!

Though I die I will live! Let me hear you say AMEN!