Love Alone

No one would love me
If they knew all the things I hide,
My words fall to the floor
As tears drip through the telephone line.

And the hands I've seen raised to the sky
Not waving but drowning all this time,
I'll try to build the ark that they need
To float to you upon the crystal sea.

Give me your hand to hold
Cause I can't stand to love alone,
And love alone is not enough to hold us up
We've got to touch your robe
So swing your robe down low,
Swing your robe down low.

The prince of despair's been beaten
But the loser still fights,
Death's on a long leash
Stealing my friends to the night.

And everyone cries for the innocent,
You say to love the guilty too,
And I'm surrounded by suffering and sickeness
So I'm working, tearing back the roof.

And the pain of the world is a burden
And it's my cross to bear
And I stumble under all the weight,
I know you're Simon standing there,
And I know you're standing there.

Give me your hand to hold
Cause I can't stand to love alone,
And love alone is not enough to hold us up
We've got to touch your robe
So swing your robe down low,
Swing your robe down low.

- Caedmon's Call -