Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day, our daily bread
And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors
Lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom…and the renunciation
And the power…and the withdrawn hand
And the glory…and the silence
Forever
Amen

I've feigned ten thousand prayers
Though we've never really spoken
But now I've nowhere left to turn
With the last of my faith long broken

I know You can grant this thing I ask
I see it in their eyes three times a week
A drug administered for a fee
The intoxication of apocryphal peace

I’m begging You, show me the peace that my mother knows
Give me the joy that carries her through each hopeless day
Grant unto me the quietude that sings her to sleep each night
And the faith that assures her You are the only way

I built a world where I am king
One where I could rule alone
A world with no way out
A broken fool upon his throne

Now I beg on hands and knees
I can't escape this on my own
Undo what I have done
Please just let me go home

I offer You my life and soul, to do with as You please
I'll sing Your hymns and scream in tongues, if that is what You need
I'll praise Your name, until at last my worthiness I've shown
I do not need a miracle, just show me I'm not alone



I have made a great mistake, built my life on the sand of lies
Hated those who loved me, reviled them with spite
Fallen prey to my fear, built a self-absorbed solution
Now I weep before You, crippled by disillusion

Our Father, whose heart is deadened
Shadowed be Thy game
Thy kingdom's won, my will's succumbed
Such hurt, have Your ears been deafened?
Take my dismay, my pain and dread
Forgive my regrets
As I live in Your fetters
Leave me not in isolation
But deliver me from myself
For mine is this kingdom
That devours
And destroys
Forever
Amen

Still no answer, still no glimpse of peace
Still no sign that You're even listening
Deep in my core, we both know I believe
So how can You just watch this happen to me?

Why are others blessed, yet I am not?
Am I too far gone for even You to save?
Have I not suffered enough to please You?
What more can You ask me to go through?

The Voice taunts, "He is real, and he has heard your prayers."
"But like Job, you're a worthless toy, and he doesn't care."
"He of boundless compassion has cast you from his sight."
"Out here beyond his reach, there is only you and I."

I don't need to be told, I know You're real
No myth warrants the hate that I feel
The Voice screams, "What use is god? I've shown you the way!"
But "The way of all flesh", seems all that remains

I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Because I have nowhere else to go
And though I see the edge before me
This is the only path I've ever known

The Boy:
“Nothing left now but to commit, so I march toward the brink. Couldn’t stop now if I wanted to…”