this beautiful republic
my god
I'm losing contact forgetting what is real Able to touch but not able to feel It's easier to shut out everyone I'm chasing after my newest distraction to escape it all  My God, oh, my God, what have I become? The self-addicted one My God, oh, my God, You never failed me You're what I need  So often I'm the sleeping prayer More often I'm the weeping betrayer Sometimes I play the martyr, become the traitor The humbled sinner has never been a role I knew to play  My God, oh, my God, what have I become? The self-addicted one My God, oh, my God, You never failed me You're what I need  Treason, a pound of flesh is the debt Leaving a crippled man I'll give You all I have left A straining outstretched hand  Is it enough? Is it enough? Reach down, take me back, take me back  My God, oh, my God, what have I become? The self-addicted one My God, oh, my God, You never failed me You're what I need  My God, oh, my God (My God, oh, my God) My God, oh, my God I'll give You all I have left A straining outstretched hand 