Hell Is Naked
I listen to the night talk, sometimes it is very wise
Tonight like an alarm clock it cried out to me, arise
I’m awake does anybody hear, is anyone awake at all?
Came a voice, a voice of fear, find me now, I fall, I fall, I fall
The night pressed down around me, wrapped its chill about my head
Could nobody at all foresee the darker work ahead
A haunting voice, a hazy tryst, they felt so unrelated
Until I saw what first I’d missed – hell stood before me, naked
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For destruction wears a thundercloud, deceit dress in white
Death hides in a misty shroud, despair is cloaked in light
But in this world where nothing’s sacred, nothing’s sacred, nothing’s right
Hell stands boldly naked, hell is naked tonight
I will search this desolation till I find what I have lost
And bring back the confirmation though I pay the steepest cost
Resolutely stated, I will find what I must find
If hell stands before me naked, I’ll fight blind
It’s not what you hear in the silence, or what you see in the dark
Or from the touch of violence, it’s that final punctuation mark
The masquerade’s vacated by each player in disguise
And only hell stands naked, hell is naked to all eyes
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By Mary James & Jean James