save me from my sin (save me from myself)

i sing facing the window/and i scream with my back against the wall/she lives in a house divided/her parents love her, but they don't love each other/did you question what he was up to/with a bottle and a loaded gun?/now he sits behind a window/with his back up against the wall/
i lay awake in my bed/watch the shadows crossing the floor/and i wonder how she would feel/if i told her about my love/the dirty water runs over/like poison into my veins/now i become the man/i swore i would never be

take my heart and run away/into the setting sun/i'll return for it one day/when all my shit's undone/preacher, can you watch her while i'm gone?/i need you to keep her safe

that boy walked past my front door/in the shadows looking like a ghost/i'm crying out for the sun to wake/i feel like i never see him anymore/and he followed that path to her apartment/he knocked and she opened up the door/they ran off into the sunrise/leaving me behind to waste away

don't take my heart just leave it here/i'll care for it myself/did you quite on me out of fear?/or was it for your health?/preacher, i just want to kill myself/can i still go to heaven?

i feel the storm is coming in/and i am not prepared/save me from my sin/oh, God, save me from myself