Verse 1:    A youth sixteen, her head filled with dreams, a loving family, it seems   Dear God save me, I’ve lost my way home, direction unknown, to me   Chorus:    Lift me up, Lift me up, and save me   Bring me down, bring me down, and fake me   Lift me up, Lift me up, and save me   I’ve gone away, and I don’t need your sympathy   Verse 2:    Thank you kindly, being there for me, through eternity, softly   Dear God help me, I bid you farewell, it’s the end for me, finally   Chorus      Bridge:      You make me feel like I’m really alive   I’ll still be with you, after I’ve died      Now is the time, you’ve been given the signs   So I confide, to just leave the world behind      You make me feel like I’m really alive   I’ll still be with you, after I’ve died      I fell behind, tried to run and hide   So I confide, to just leave the world behind   Chorus 2:      Lift me up, Lift me up, and save me   Put me away in your mental publicity   Bring me down, bring me down, and fake me   I’ve gone away, and I don’t need your sympathy   Lift me up, Lift me up, and save me   I’m here to stay, I’m a simple complexity   Bring me down, bring me down, and fake me   I’ve gone away, and I don’t need your sympathy