You Want It Darker

If you are the dealer, I'm out of the game

If you are the healer, it means I'm broken and lame

If thine is the glory, then mine must be the shame

You want it darker, we kill the flame

Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name

Vilified, crucified in the human frame

A million candles burning for the help that never came

You want it darker

Hineni, hineni

I'm ready, my Lord

There's a lover in the story, but the story's still the same

There's a lullaby for suffering and a paradox to blame

But it's written in the scriptures and it's not some idol claim

You want it darker, we kill the flame

They're lining up to prisoners and the guards are taking aim

I struggle with some demons, they were middle-class and tame

I didn't know I had permission to murder and to maim

You want it darker

Hineni, hineni

I'm ready, my Lord

Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name

Vilified, crucified in the human frame

A million candles burning for the love that never came

You want it darker, we kill the flame

If you are the dealer, let me out of the game

If you are the healer, I'm broken and lame

If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame

You want it darker

Hineni, hineni

Hineni, hineni

I'm ready, my Lord

Hineni

Hineni, hineni

Hineni