I've never been so lonely   In this deserted trail   Even though you hold my hand   Your hand is so cold and frail   Gentle breath and tenderness   Come words that you once told me   Somehow those words that you say   They make me much less lonely      crashes the cold of the night and roses all wither away   The night and the flower cannot overpower the words that I want you to say   You may slip and you may slide, but you got an angel by your side   Hold you in his arms, keep you safe from harm      I heard those words a thousand times before   And I've said them a thousand more   But hearing those words, believing those words   Was a thing I never did explore   See, I just wanted to be a better son, a better friend, a better man, a better whatever   So the next time I walk this path again I'll walk it with a true friend      You may slip and you may slide, but you got an angel by your side   Hold you in his arms, keep you safe from harm   You may slip and you may slide, but you got an angel by your side   Hold you in his arms, keep you safe from harm   You may slip and you may slide, but you got an angel by your side   Hold you in his arms, keep you safe from harm   Yeah...   Keep you safe from harm...   Yeah...   Keep you safe from harm...   Yeah...   Father in the sky, he loves you more than I      [SECOND PROGRESSION]   I'd rather be with you than without   Within you than about you   And I come to find out you want the same   Oh lord I want to breath you   May my every movement free you   From the place I've kept you locked up all these days      I'd rather be with you than without   Within you than about you   And I come to find out you want the same   Oh lord I want to breath you   May my every movement free you   From the place I've kept you locked up all these days      I'd rather be with you than without   Within you than about you   And I come to find out you want the same   Oh lord I want to breath you   May my every movement free you   From the place I've kept you locked up all these days