drive the nails

Story Behind The Song

A LATE AFTERNOON, ON A SMALL BALCONY, A MAN AND HIS WIFE SIT SIDE BY SIDE LOOKING AT A NOT SO HAPPY FUTURE, SINCE THE WOMAN HAS TO TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE WORLD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME..LONGER THAT THEY HAD EVER ANTICIPATED ... A MAN DEAPLY TORMENTED ABOUT THE WAY HIS LIFE IS LEADING HIM, NOT SURE IF HE SHOULD LET GO AND GIVE IN..OR STAY ON THE RIGHT PATH HE CHOSE. FROM THE HEART A TUNE COMES OUT AND HE PICKS UP HIS GUITAR..LUCKY IT WAS RECORDED AND THAT LAST NIGHT OF TOGETHERNESS PASSED ON TILL WAY AFTER TIME ALLOWED THEM TO BE TOGETHER AGAIN..THAT LAST OUTBREAK WAS THE START OF A MEW SONG AND A NEW LIFE.

Song Description

NOT EVEN DEATH WILL LET ME SLEEP... CRUCIFY ME..

Song Length 4:45 Genre Rock - Religious, New Age - Religious
Tempo Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Troubled, Moving Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

THERE WAS A TIME, I CAME TO YOU
JUST LIKE A CHILD,RIGHT THEN I KNEW
MY HEART WAS COLD, I WAS ALONE
I HAD NO ONE, TO CALL MY OWN

NOW I LAY MYSELF TO SLEEP
ITS GETTIN HARD TO HEAR YOU BREATH
MY EYES ARE BLIND N YET I SEE
WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME
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SO DRIVE THE NAILS IN MY HANDS
DO WHAT YOU WILL WITH THIS MAN
DRIVE THE NAILS IN MY FEET
NOT EVEN DEATH WILL LET ME SLEEP

RAISE ME UP APON YOUR CROSS
I'LL CLOSE MY EYES TO WHAT I LOST
EMBRACE THE PAIN THAT SETS YOU FREE

I AM THE TRUTH, THE WAY, THE LIFE
NOTHING LIVES UNTIL IT DIES
MY CROWN OF THORNS, THE KING AM I
....CRUCIFY ME
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NOW WHEN I WAKE, I CRY YOUR NAME
NO ONE ELSE CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE
HERE I AM, TAKE ME IN
I PROMISE YOU, ILL RISE AGAIN
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SO DRIVE THE NAILS IN MY HANDS
DO WHAT YOU WILL WITH THIS MAN
BITTERSWEET TASTE OF LOVE

DRIVE THE NAILS IN MY FEET
NOT EVEN DEATH WILL LET ME SLEEP
I CRY OUT TO THE HEAVENS ABOVE

RAISE ME UP UPON YOUR CROSS
I'LL CLOSE MY EYES TO WHAT I LOST
EMBRACE THE PAIN, THAT SETS YOU FREE

I AM THE TRUTH, THE WAY, THE LIFE
NOTHING LIVES UNTIL IT DIES
MY CROWN OF THORNS, THE KING AM I
FOR ANGELS SAKE ...CRUCIFY ME

Lyrics MORRETTI_C / SHILOH Music SHILOH
Producer MORRETTI_C Performance SHILOH

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