Illuminate me from above

Illuminate me from above

let me walk a while in the sun

I’ve spent too many nights

with my mouth around a gun

Illuminate me from above

let me have my moment at last

let me live in the presence

and forget about the past

I’ve searched through my heart

I’ve sifted through bitter ashes

to find a sturdy part

a black box they find at crashes

I’ve fled to another world

to cut the cord that binds me

to this broken world

but somehow it always finds me

Illuminate me from above

point me out to the reaper

the shadows hide me no more

I’m tired of being a creeper

Light me up from below

if that’s where you want to send me

I’ve cursed enough to be welcomed

I’ve hated enough to be loved

                                         - Saint Magnus