I see a future which I know I'll miss
 I see joy on faces of children and men
 I hear all sounds even the snake's hiss

 Beyond the cell bars that keep me from you
 Remorse is my heaven and fate so strong
 And I repent for ever more

 Soon I'll be no more I think it's for the best
 I've done my deeds and wrong I'll pay
 But I see the dawn

 This thought drives me mad but I wan to feel
 For the last time how a free child laughs

 Within dawn's dim light I see forgiveness and serenity
 A purple vain over my sins, but I pay mine and I'll pay yours
 Before my ending that frees you from me-remorse is
 Remorse is my heaven and fate is so closed-oh so closed

 And I repent for ever more

 Strange words-maybe make you feel
 like this man out there, like the man
 Who stands in the beginning of a tale, a tale which seems to be
 As honest like a child's kiss