Elvis Costello
God Give Me Strength
[Lyrics of "God Give Me Strength"]
[Verse 1]
Now I have nothing
So God, give me strength
'Cause I'm weak anyway
And if I'm strong, I might still break
And I don't have anything to share
That I won't throw away into the air
[Chorus]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance of happiness
So God, give me strength
God, give me strength
[Verse 2]
I can't hold on to him
God, give me strength
When the phone doesn't ring
And I'm lost in imagining
Everything that kind of love is worth
As I tumble back down to the Earth
[Chorus]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance of happiness
So God, give me strength
God, if he'd grant
[Bridge]
Me his indulgence and decline
I might as well
Wipe him from my memory
Fracture the spell
As he becomes my enemy
And maybe I was washed out
Like a lip-print on his shirt
See, I'm only human
I want him to hurt
I want him
I want him to hurt
[Verse 3]
Since I lost the power to pretend
That there could ever be a happy ending
[Chorus]
That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance of happiness
So God, give me strength
God, give me strength, mm-hm, mm
[Outro]
Wipe him from my memory
I might as well, yeah
Wipe him from my memory, yeah
I might as well