Lament

Ain't no shame to believe in a lord that pays attention

Ain't no shame to believe in a lord that tries

Don't do no harm to pray for intervention

When you're walking

Your earthly mile

And I swear by the night-soaked sky above me

And I swear by the sun's sweet daily death

I will always place your love above me

With every rise

And every fall of my chest

Ain't no shame

Ain't no shame

You can be St. Christopher floating babies across the river

You can be Ozymandius disappearing king of kings

Oh it's so hard, Lord, to be a good man

Let me be your bad man

Just trying to do good things

Ain't no shame

Ain't no shame

Each night a slow turning record

Each heart a slow-burn fuse

Oh, sweet Mother Death when you take me

Oh, won't you take me, Lord

Won't you take me anyplace I choose

Ain't no shame