Oh joy, oh joyful hearts elude us
Ever slipping through our fingers
Miserere mei, Deus
A lonesome, outcast am I

Destroy, destroy the darkness in me
Need to hear a song resounding
In saecula saeculorum
A lost soul, adrift am I

Oh, give me a reason
To keep myself alive
Without your word, I can't go on
So send me an answer

That sweeps across the air
To lift me up from all my despair
As death comes knocking

Caught in a world of noise
Oh, let me hear your voice
Your voice will resurrect us
'Fore the mirror cracks and splinters

Miserere mei, Deus
I'm yearning, weak as I am
Rejoice, rejoice of all your glory
Push it out in all directions

In saecula saeculorum
An eternal world that awaits

Give me a reason
To not give in to this
Corrupt and deafening abyss
Forsake me an answer

That covers all the seas
To take me out of my misery
As death comes knocking