They say to turn the other cheek, but I'm flat down to bone

I try to lay me down to sleep, and I pray when I'm alone

But sleep won't come, my prayers are no more comfort from the cold

All I want is someone's hand to hold



I thought God was love, and Jesus had the most of all

But the look there in his beady eyes could make a strong man crawl

I did my best to follow - shepherd, sheep, the Father's call

But that's a mean looking Jesus on your wall



That's a mean looking Jesus on your wall

He's not gonna save you, and he won't come when you call

Hanging from that marble cross, glaring down the hall

That's a mean looking Jesus, a mean looking Jesus,

That's a mean looking Jesus on your wall



The piano's on its side now, the carpet is a mess

The picture that you hung so proud, your graduation dress

But you keep calling out His name who left you in this squall

And that's a mean looking Jesus on your wall



That's a mean looking Jesus on your wall

He's not gonna save you and he won't come when you call

Hanging from that marble cross, glaring down the hall

That's a mean looking Jesus on your wall



God so loved the world. God so loved the world.



In the end, The Darkness, in the end Despair

Everything you learned by rote will leave you hanging there

Yes, He is mysterious, who never saved you yet

Why he has forsaken you is anybody's bet



That's a mean looking Jesus on your wall.

He's not gonna save you and he won't come when you call

Hanging from that marble cross, glaring down the hall

That's a mean looking Jesus, a mean looking Jesus

That's a mean looking Jesus on your wall.