Ascent - Richard Shindell

I have no explanation

I cannot be of help

But you see my situation

I don’t recognize myself

It happened without reason

It happened just like that

I’ve no more information

Beyond the simple fact

There was never any warning

There was never any sign

It’s just that I woke up this morning

And eternity was mine

Search my family history

Analyze my dreams

Expose my contradictions

Reduce me to the mean

What you find might be revealing

It might very well be true

But you don’t know what you’re dealing with

You haven’t got a clue

There was never any warning

There was never any sign

It’s just that I woke up this morning

And eternity was mine

God knows I don’t deserve this

After all the pain I’ve caused

But do me one last service

Before I take that walk

Before my soul flies from this chamber

And heaven beckons me across

Read me what the Saviour said

To that thief upon the Cross

There was never any warning

There was never any sign

It’s just that I woke up this morning

And eternity was mine