Silent, broken
Bruised and cloaked
In this desert night

I wait for you

My eyes wide open

I face this moment
And picture you
By my side


Funny how the things of this world
Quickly fall away

And everything is equal to me
In this final place


So how long, Lord, how long
And how long, Lord, how long


Stars above me
The earth beneath me
And this sinner’s place in between.


My god
My country

My blood
My enemy
My reason

Desert me now

Funny how the things of this world

Quickly fall away
And everything is equal to me
In this final place


So how long, Lord, how long
And how long, Lord, how long

And how long, Lord, how long
And how long Lord, how long