The heartless ape

That monkey is off my back.
That wretched baboon!
I'm finally free!
There's a difference between sin and tragedy.

That wretched baboon!
It wasn't enough that my life was over.
There's a difference between sin and tragedy.
Repetitious agony never set anyone free.

It wasn't enough that my life was over.
No, I lived the past at night and dreamed in day.
Repetitious agony never set anyone free.
I wanted to scream until my lungs bled.

No, I lived the past at night and dreamed in day.
I beat myself with what might have been.
I wanted to scream until my lungs bled.
There seems to be no point in the past.

I beat myself with what might have been.
Does it matter? I'm trying to live.
There seems to be no point in the past.
God-set me free!

Does it matter? I'm trying to live.
A sudden epiphany:
God-set me free!
It happened at last.

A sudden epiphany:
I'm finally free!
It happened at last.
That monkey is off my back.