Amen
by Jewel
from Pieces of You


   You're mothers' child
   But night lays you down
   Hair aflame, wild look in your eyes
   Naked belly to the ground
   A forest fire
   Nibbles at your veins
   Crawls up your arm
   runs away with your mind
   And burns dry thoughts like leaves
   Amen
   Eyes stare up
   But something's in the way
   In the Bible only angels have wings
   And the rest must wait to be saved
   A dry tongue
   Screams at the sky
   But the wind just breathes words in
   As a strange bird tries to fly
   Amen
   Pieces of us die everyday
   As though our flesh were hell
   Such injustice, as children we are told
   That from God we fell,
   Where are my angels?
   Where's my golden one?
   Where's my hope
   now that my heros have gone?
   Some are being beaten
   Some are being born
   And some can't tell
   the difference anymore
   Amen
   Hallelujah
   Hallelujah