All my heroes - now dead,
Golden heroes, now lead,
Ancient pages well read,
Music playing in my head.

Shattered windows closed shut,
Communication lines cut,
Earth quaking under my bed,
Heroes in my mind - now dead.

Sanity taking a fall,
Head in my hands, back to the wall,
Sanity thrown to the ground,
Pulling me down to nothing at all.

Pain, (pain)
Take it away,
Pain, (pain)
Take it away.

Tragedy courting the knife,
Threatens my life, leaving me cold,
Tragedy strikes me at home,
Cuts to the bone; sanity sold,
Misery sends me reeling,
tears at my being, kicking and screaming,
Liberty comes when I'm kneeling,
Poised to reveal: our flesh is weak, but the Spirit is willing.

Pain, (pain)
Take it away, take it away,
Pain, (pain)
Take it away, take it away,
Pain, (pain)
Take it away,
Pain, (pain)
Take it away.

Praise God; he has taken away...
Praise God; he has taken away...
Praise God; he has taken away...
Praise God; he has taken away my pain, (amen)
He has taken away my pain, (amen)
He has taken away my pain, (amen)
He has taken away my pain, (amen)
He has taken away.