If I Fail

The sea is rough
The spindrift cold
The bridge is under fire
The master left the sinking ship as waves were rising higher
Unbaptized
Unconverted
Just a henchman on the verge
Of throwing high aims overboard to feed the surge

But if I fail or if I fall
(I'll be aid and consolation)
If I range or if I crawl
(I will shelter you, my love)
If I starve or if I sear
(I'll be faith and inspiration)
Raise my hope and ease the fear
(I'll be there to back you up)

The sand like glow
The desert wide
The sun truncated brains
The well dried up and thoughts are like the caravan in chains
Bedraggled and ahungered
Just a traveler in search
Of confidence and devotion, before it burns

But if I fail or if I fall
(I'll be aid and consolation)
If I range or if I crawl
(I will shelter you, my love)
If I starve or if I sear
(I'll be faith and inspiration)
Raise my hope and ease the fear
(I'll be there to back you up)

A lightning strike on killing fields
The soil was soaked with blood
A deafening burst
The smell of death and faces blurred with mud
Ingenuous
Yeah, blameless
A peace seeker in the jam
But I'm stuck in here till judgment day, on ruined land

But if I fail or if I fall
(I'll be aid and consolation)
If I range or if I crawl
(I will shelter you, my love)
If I starve or if I sear
(I'll be faith and inspiration)
Raise my hope and ease the fear
(I'll be there to back you up)

If I fail or if I fall
If I range or if I crawl
Yeah, if I starve or if I sear
Oh-oh-oh-oh, raise my hope and ease the fear