Penitent lyrics

Once I stood alone so proud

Held myself above the crowd

Now I am low on the ground

From here I look around to see

What avenues belong to me

I can’t tell what I’ve found now

What would you have me do

I ask you please?

I wait to hear

The mother, and the matador

The mystic, each were here before

Like me, to stare you down

You appear without a face

Disappear, but leave your trace

I feel your unseen frown

Now what would you have me do

I ask you please?

I wait to hear

Your voice

The word

You say

I wait

To see

Your sign

Would I

Obey?

I look for you in heathered moor

The desert, and the ocean floor

How low does one heart go

Looking for your fingerprints

I find them in coincidence

And make my faith to grow

Forgive me all my blindnesses

My weakness and unkindnesses

As yet unbending still

Struggling so hard to see

My fist against eternity

And will you break my will?

Now what would you have me do

I ask you please?

I wait to hear

Your voice

The word

You say

I wait

To see

Your sign

Could I

Obey?

• Artist:Suzanne Vega
• Album:Songs in Red and Gray (2001)