NEVERMORE

Written by Peter Merz and Mark E. Ellis

INTRO -- SPOKEN
*Once upon a midnight dreary,
While I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore.

VERSE ONE
L.A. rain's falling down tonight
And I'm lost in flashing neon-lights
I recall each time I blew it
Took the lid off the box just like Pandora
Living on the streets of Sodom and Gomorrah
God, why did I do it?

CHORUS
(But) now I hear the slamming of the doors
Through the wind and rain conviction screams all the more
Oh, and I'll go back that way, (go) back that way nevermore

VERSE TWO
I used to toss and turn in my sleep
I was always a foreigner, foreigner to peace
I cried so many silent tears
Sin is what made me impoverished and haggard
While my spirit and flesh played cloak and dagger
Oh, to have back those wasted years

REPEAT CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL -- SPOKEN
*And while I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

BRIDGE
Nevermore – nevermore to willingly sin
Nevermore to turn my back on him
Nevermore.
Nevermore – nevermore to let my passions rage
Or fan sin's deadly flames.
Nevermore.

TAG
Oh now the veils of sin and pride are torn
I’m no longer lost like lost Lenore
Now Jesus is the one whom I adore
And He remembers my sins nevermore
He Remembers my sins nevermore
Nevermore. Nevermore.
Nevermore.

SPOKEN
*" 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door;
Only this, and nothing more."

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*From "THE RAVEN" by Edgar Allan Poe