I see a future which I know I'll miss 
 I see joy on faces of children and men 
 I hear all sounds even the snake's hiss 
  
 Beyond the cell bars that keep me from you 
 Remorse is my heaven and fate so strong 
 And I repent for ever more 
  
 Soon I'll be no more I think it's for the best 
 I've done my deeds and wrong I'll pay 
 But I see the dawn 
  
 This thought drives me mad but I wan to feel 
 For the last time how a free child laughs 
  
 Within dawn's dim light I see forgiveness and serenity 
 A purple vain over my sins, but I pay mine and I'll pay yours 
 Before my ending that frees you from me-remorse is 
 Remorse is my heaven and fate is so closed-oh so closed 
  
 And I repent for ever more 
  
 Strange words-maybe make you feel 
 like this man out there, like the man 
 Who stands in the beginning of a tale, a tale which seems to be 
 As honest like a child's kiss