Dark Sky Rolling

I see a dark sky rolling in to take me away
I see an angel. She's telling me I'm gonna be okay

Well, that darkness just swept in and filled me to the brim and carried me off into the air
When at long last we arrived I couldn't help
But stare at those mighty gates erected right there
Well, I know that St. Peter was once just a man; my only hope is that he'll understand
When he reads me my sins from upon a painted scroll
And then only then, then only then, then only then will I know
Whether I made my life a sum of good or great disgrace
And which of two directions I must go

I see the dark clouds coming in to take me home
I see an angel. She's telling me that I'm not alone

Well, standing next to heaven I don't know what to do so I fall down on my knees
And then when they ask me, "Boy, what's that you do?" I tell them I pray for peace
And I thought, "Maybe they'll hear it, but maybe they won't
And maybe I'll disappear in smoke"
And then I heard a voice, and it said, "Son, now you pray for peace, but what did you do
That twenty-some years, twenty-some years, twenty-some years that you lived?
You spent it on yourself and you threw it all away
It's getting late now and you can't stay"

I see a dark sky rolling in to take me away
I see an angel. She's telling me I chose to go this way

Well, yes it was a choice, but I never got to choose
Some people are just born to lose
Abruptly she turned to me
"It's that shallow point of view that left you right in those sorry shoes.
Every word upon that list, every act you did commit
You were the one to blame for causing your demise"
Without a second's loss the steps beneath my feet were gone
And down I went down, down I went down, down I went down, I went down
Well, I tumbled and I shook
And I couldn't help but look deep down into where only darkness lies

I see the dark clouds coming in to take me home
I see an angel flying down with me to the unknown

As I was falling through the depths, I'll tell you what I saw
I saw my life as shot through someone else's eyes
And lo, that very sight made me want to close my eyes
And cry, only cry. Cry, only cry. Cry, only cry, only cry
But when I hit the bottom I heaved and I was shocked to find myself inside my own bed
Awake and alive, relieved I gave a sigh, and thanked the good Lord I wasn't dead
So next time that you ask me, "Boy, what's that you do?"
I'll tell you I pray, I'll tell you I pray, I'll tell you I pray for peace