The Leap of the Faithless - Song

A song about where I am now. A scary place.

I stand on the brink 
    At the edge of tomorrow, 
Staring into the abyss. 

The demons of yesterday 
    Are hot at my heels. 
How did it come to this? 

 

I close my eyes; 
    Take the leap of the faithless 
Into the uncertain arms of the night 

I know that I 
    Am a long way from blameless 
But now I must do what is right 

 

I need time to think 
    Time to deal with my sorrow 
Deal with the things I have done 

But the dawn of the new day 
     Will starkly reveal 
Showing just what I've become. 

 

I close my eyes; 
    Take the leap of the faithless 
Into the uncertain arms of the night 

I know that I 
    Am a long way from blameless 
But now I must do what is right 
 

How can I know? 
    How can I fake it? 
Where can I go? 
    How can I make it? 
The things I must say, 
    The things I must hide 
Show me the way, 
    Please be my guide 

As I close my eyes; 
    Take the leap of the faithless 
Into the uncertain arms of the night 

I know that I 
    Am a long way from blameless 
Help me to do what is right 
 
Now I close my eyes; 
    Take the leap of the faithless 
Into the uncertain arms of the night 

I know that I 
    Am a long way from blameless 
But now I must do what is right 
... what is right? 

Author's Note

I hope you like it. I decided on "The leap of the faithless" as a title, cause (in all modesty) I really like that phrase !! :D :D

Reviews

[Jock Engelman]

Ohhhhhh to the universe I have so much to say yet such little ability to express it.

Well.

I shall start with that this is so scarily close to my entire life experiences that I feel that it would be the ultimate resource for explaining what it is like to live my life.

I love the repetition!
I love the way you say:
"I close my eyes;
Take the leap of the faithless"
And:
"How can I know?
How can I fake it?
Where can I go?
How can I make it?
The things I must say,
The things I must hide
Show me the way,
Please be my guide
As I close my eyes; "

Absolutely no regrets with rating this 100/100!
And I will send read requests to all my fellow friends on this site!

[MR SHAYAR]

Seriously awesome and mainly when u enquire about whats right......

[SlightlyOdd]

I'm to be honest not quite sure what this makes me feel. It has a very nice use of repetition to drive your point home and shows a very clear struggle for narrator, It is very well written. but I cant quite seem to figure it out.

[Rogie-Dodge]

Past mistakes being brought to light and their effects culminating in the present. Whether to hide those mistakes and pretend that didn't happen or confront them. Doing the right thing by dealing with the consequences.

[Rogie-Dodge]

Or is doing the right thing suicide? To be or not to be, as some other writer once wrote :P

[radio raven]

I Imagined it being sung by kill Hannah, would it sound like them?

[Rogie-Dodge]

been a while since I've heard them. Could be. I could imagine BVB doing it.
It has a 3/4 feel to it, and one track I have that seems to fit the style I could imagine is:
http://www.last.fm/music/Black+Market+Serotonin/_/DeadByFiveOClock