sweet , sweet despair sweet , sweet despair so winter had set like a trap from above gray thoughts and heated halls then she stepped out at the same time as him and they met up at the mall 'love at first sight ' the idiots say 'kiss me darling if you dare ' but what if the two should come together as one o lord hear their prayer sweet , sweet despair sweet , sweet despair blessed are you my children yes , blessed are you my children enter here sailing to zion tired of the fuss and fret tired of the fear people running around like fools never any music here so someday soon and it wo n't be long someday soon and it wo n't be long someday soon and it wo n't be long gon na sail away to zion some say it 's a symbol some say it 's a place me , i say it 's a state of mind where we can live free from hate so someday soon and it wo n't be long someday soon and it wo n't be long someday soon and it wo n't be long gon na sail away to zion do n't need a ticket to go there do n't need money or a key all you need is love for your neighbor and even for your enemy so someday soon and it wo n't be long someday soon and it wo n't be long someday soon and it wo n't be long gon na sail away to zion skeleton key ( the human disease ) come and let 's discover the sorrow of beauty the blindside of loving at the root of all things like death in a boxcar , sparks from a fallen star the tears in your eyes , love , that you forgot to cry so i cheered her with laughter and went home right after crawling on my knees trying to find the key the white and moonlit key to unlock the human disease is n't it uncanny what we 'll do for money yes it 's quite unnerving , the way she tells me that she loves me so i take her much too lightly , and she hardly ever sees me still we dance the night electric , pretending that we 're godly o hell fire deliver us from this soggy generation nation of half-hearted half-witted and redundant crawling on their knees trying to find the key the black and bloody key to unlock the human disease but if my hands were flames that could shake the icy sea within perhaps i would have met him the man i missed in brussels and laughed at in manila the soldier on my trophy rack waving an american flag and an ak-47 while the radio played in all these places - `` just another brick in the wall '' so i see through the bloody sham i drop my chin and understand then everything is dead to me because i am the man there 's silence in the passing of each and every life whether it be mother , sister , lover , friend or wife father or brother , daughter or son i will howl after death until this damned thing is done and my hands are wrapped around his neck and my gun has broken both his knees and i 'll make that pale bitch swallow his skeleton key see us see me in the wind , my friend see me on the wave see me riding high and dry without a song to play see me with a cigarette see me with a girl see me next time around i will win the world but see me with an axe to grind see me red with shame see me looking for my self locked outside my name and if by chance you meet me there in desolation , doubt , and chains take my hand because you 're a better man lead me out of the rain then perhaps , you 'll find a friend inspired to help another with the same care you showed for him brother to brother to brother so see me in the wind , my friend see me on the wave see me riding the sweet by and by with a new song to play see me with a holy heart heaven 's precious pearl see me dressed in the father 's love which heals this bloody world queen beauty she was a looker from davenport manor i was a sleepwalker from one crazy dream but i dropped that old act you know that 's a fact when her beauty came calling my name `` brilliant , '' she laughed , `` no more love songs rock me hard , forget fortune and fame '' what could i do ?