Gather Me Up Forever

The pain never stops
The race ignore me
I sit here twisted, and it hurts me
The son is near
His way made for him
Among the hopes
Ten thousand suffering

Oh, how my heart aches
The brilliant stories cascade about me
To be handsome again

Thou art all deformed, and I feel your pain
What I touch with my hand, I touch with my heart

The affection of stillness
Kiss the hand that blesses me
And as the panting ceased
My blood runs now fierce

This when I was young
Before I knew nothing
Now I'm the hunted
For the guilt that stains my hands