Let the flood surround me   My skin is dry as fire   all this mud within me   makes me feel like a soul survivor      And if the light will guide me   to a place just a little bit higher   I'll pray my faith won't leave me   as I walk on this endless wire      It seems so real   and it feels   like I'm fading slowly      Give me something to believe in   All my tools have a strange way of leaving   I feel my veins are bleeding   tell me why time keeps slipping      It's in the air that I'm breathing   It's in this holy ball of mud, I'm kicking   I'm getting tired of that feeling   I'll save my prayer for the living      I walked on the water   and I could feel the sand beneath me   I need some time to - understand   and came close to - who I am      Hey you are you listening   It ain't much I'll beg and ask for   Through the years I've been digging   But I guess you've seen it all before      Now my ship is sinking   every breath brings me closer to the wall   it's in the cards I've been givin'   please be there when the final curtains fall