Moshe Friedman - Neck Deep lyrics

[Verse 1: Moshe Friedman] Oh, how my foes torment me It feels like the whole entire world's against me I get no respite in the lonely night I won't be long till my soul is empty I'm outrunning the clock before I stumble and rock There's evil on all sides, got my stomach in knots Man, I wish that the trouble would stop No matter where I turn, another stumbling block I must beware my step, scared to d**h of the snares they set The serpent strikes and the lion tears my flesh Square my chest the best I can but still I'm failing the test Can you blame me, wanna share my stress? Do you know what it's like with no rest and no place to hide On your own face to face with the great divide? I call out in the darkness so gaping wide "Won't you please take me home where it's safe inside?" [Chorus: Moshe Friedman and Rick Fox] Am I in over my head? ('Cause the water's filling up neck deep) Tell me that redemption is coming Daybreak, it seems so far away (I can't eat, I can't sleep) This is what we're waiting for [Verse 2: Moshe] Please deliver me soon, how long will iniquity bloom? They got me trapped in this rickety room With locked doors and no windows, my tears soak the pillow While outside they terrorize the orphan and widow The cries haunt my dreams, the wicked plot and scheme I wanna expose them, but I haven't got the means 'Cause they speak with one mouth and two hearts So I can't tell where the lies end and truth starts Put my mind in two parts, like a manic Till I'm the last one left on the planet Take a breath, this is a test, nothing's random I'm facing my own demons and they're just a phantom Though I can't hate the lessons that they came to teach Like a dog can't blame the leash I don't know how far my brain can reach until I run out of energy Who can I trust when I'm my own worst enemy? [Chorus] You're what we're waiting for We hope you come, come today [Verse 3: Moshe] I'm as fractured as the broken shard, I don't know where You are Is my other half close or far? As fleeting as a pa**ing shade, this life is a masquerade We can't outlast our days As lost as a fly in dust, in a great storm rising up And even though I might die I must Go on and try to ride the gust And just when I think that my time is up That's when I find my trust like a flash of lightning I see clearly now why it was so worth fighting I've got the strength to hold on until the dawn When we'll right the wrongs and all the hatred is gone It's then I'll know why evil sows its seeds And the wicked always grow like weeds It's to know their deeds as they ascend their climb We'll be overjoyed when they're destroyed until the end of time [Chorus]