The rope that's wrapped around me
  Is cutting through my skin
  And the doubts that have surrounded me
  Are finding their way in
  I keep it close to me
  Like a holy man prays
  In my desperate hour
  It's better that way
    So I'll come by and see you again
  I'll be such a very good friend
  Have mercy on my soul
  I will never let you know
  Where my mind has been
    Angels never came down
  There's no one here they want to hang around
  But if they knew
  If they knew you at all
  Then one by one the angels
  Angels would fall
    I've crept into your temple
  I have slept upon your pew
  I've dreamed of the divinity
  Inside and out of you
  I want it more than truth
  I can taste it on my breath
  I would give my life just for a little death
    So I'll come by and see you again
  I'll be just a very good friend
  I will not look upon your face
  I will not touch upon your grace
  Your ecclesiastic skin
    I'll come by and see you again
  I'll have to be a very good friend
  If I whisper they will know
  I'll just turn around and go
  You will never know my sin