There was a child named Bernadette
I heard the story long ago
She saw the Queen of Heaven once
And kept the vision in her soul
No one believed what she had seen
No one believed what she heard
But there was sorrows to be
And mercy, mercy in this world
So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
Torn by what we've done and can't undo
I just want to hold you, won't you let me hold you
Like Bernadette would do
We've been around, we fall, we fly
We mostly fall, we mostly run
And every night, and then we try
To mend the damage that we've done
Tonight, tonight I can not rest
I've got this joy inside my breast
To think that I did not forget that child
That song of Bernadette
So many hearts I find, broke like yours and mine
Torn by what we've done and can't undo
I just want to hold, come on let me hold you
Like Bernadette would do
I just want to hold you, won't you let me hold you
Like Bernadette would doBurn your sign into my skin
Nail the box and throw me in
Take the coins from my eyes
Plow me under like my friends
Lock the cell and kill the sun
Let me cook until I'm done
Drown my soul in love and rage
Until I kiss the loaded gun
"This is the death of me I know"
Shoot the horse from under me
Blind my eyes till I believe
You've broken both my loving arms
Pull the rope and set me free
"This is the death of me I know"
"This is the death of me I know"
Slam the spike into my vein
Sentence me and forge the chain
Numb my conscience
Steal my dreams
Stretch me on your open flame
"This is the death of me I know"
"This is the death of me I know"