The Adversary

You see me in a foreign face 

In ships that sink without trace 

In your father's doubt 

Will he praise or shout? 



Behind the burning cross 

Begrudged imagined loss 

When you run to me, run to me, run to me 



You try to fly, but you cannot fly 

You try to hide, but I'm by your side 

You run from me, run from me, run from me 

I am the adversary 

I am the adversary 

I am the adversary 

I am your foe 

I go where you go 



Between ideals and fact 

Between the thought and the act 

You sink without trace 

Grow to hate your face 

Will you sell all you own 

To sit in a shadow by a throne 

Will you run to me, run to me, run to me? 



You try to fly, but you cannot fly 

You try to hide, but I'm by your side 

You try to run from me, run from me, run from me 

I am the adversary 

I am the adversary 

I am the adversary 

I am your foe 

I go where you go 



You will see me behind every door 

You need not look for me at all 

To her I'm just another 

To her I am unknown 



On your shoulder her hands lightly rest 

As she lets fall her soft summer dress 

Without self-conciousness of floating off in sleep 

Without intention triumphs admid all defeat 



She moves in her own sheltered way 

My invisible hands are not at play 

To her I'm just another 

To her I am unknown 



From the cold snow into the water 

To her I'm just another 

To her I am unknown 



(Run from me, run from me, run from me) 

I am your foe 

I go where you go