Tell the angels that you've done no wrong!
Tell the devils that you've only been good!
Spit blood at God's feet and lick your ruddy lips clean—
Plead guilty. Plead mercy. Plead anything in between.

Because
You say when,
When it'll happen again
When zero turns to ten
When the sun and earth begin—
Where you die
Where we lie
(Where can we shoot?
About that high.)

Scream for yourself when you call home!
Scream for yourself when you drown in your tears!
Cry me a river, will you?
Because, in the end:

Only I can say when.