I wish I were not here tonight
Beneath the silvery moon
My very existence gives such fright
My life, a long, sad tune

When did it start? I do not know
I remember only how
Oh God, my face I'm 'fraid to show
I'm begging to thee now

What am I? I'm a cursed one
I'm doomed to walk the earth
Since years past and for years to come
I've lost my mortal worth

The light of day I have not seen
I've felt no warmth since death
There's no shoulder on which to lean
I've no need to draw breath

Beneath the silvery moon I hide
Where sunlight cannot reach
I feel so icy cold inside
Dark soul i cannot breach

I wish I were not what I am
My love is not returned
I once felt joy 'till I was damned
I've lost what trust I'd earned

I stalk the night, not knowing why
Yet on this holy quest
To help penitent souls like I
'Till then I will not rest

Someday God's Kingdom I'll gleam
Greater than the silvery moon
And each day when I sleep, I dream
That I shall be there soon