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Intro

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I only want to say  

If there is a way  

 Take this cup away from me

 For I don't want to taste its poison  

Feel it burn me

I have changed, I'm not as sure as when we started

 Then I was inspired  

 Now I'm sad and tired  

Listen, sure – ly I've exceeded expectations

 Tried for three years – seems like thirty

 Could you ask as much from any other man?

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 But if I die

 See the saga through and do the things you ask of me

 Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree

I'd wanna know I'd wanna know my God    (x2)

I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my God    (x2)

 Why I should die

 Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?

 Would the things I've said and done matter anymore?

I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord    (x2)

I'd have to see I'd have to see my Lord (x2)

If I die what would be my reward? (x2)

I'd have to know I'd have to know my Lord (x2)

 Why should I die?    

 Can you show me now that I would not be killed in vain?

 Show me just a little of your omnipresent brain

 Show me there's a reason for your wanting me to die

 You're far too keen on where and how and not so hot on why

Alright   I'll   die! 

 Just watch me die!

 See how I die! 

 See how I …  die!

 Break in 5/8 --- (x6)

 Then I was inspired,  

 Now I'm sad and tired

After all, I've tried for three years seems like ninety

 Why then am I scared to finish what I started

 What you started – I didn't start it

 God, thy will is hard  

 but you hold every card  

I will drink your cup of poison

 Nail me to your cross and break me, bleed me, beat me

 Kill me - take me now before I change my mind…