Mea Culpa Songtext

von Libitina

I have died inside, my heart is subdued,
I have despoiled all I hold most true,
What remains of me is but a shell,
An outer vision of an inner hell,
I can never make this up to you,
But I will never stop trying to,
No matter how great the final cost
I can't yet believe that the fight is lost.

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa,
Forgive me, for I have sinned.

There is nothing I can do or say
To lift the weight of the guilt from me,
No thought or word is left untouched,
Everything reminds me of my fall.
Never more to stray from the righteous path,
And to temptation in scorn to laugh,
This is my desire, my only need,
For you to forgive this ill-thought deed.

My spirits they are flagging, my moral standards gone,
Plunged into this darkness, in turmoil thrown,
Shaken by the depth of my descent,
Is it too late for a sinner to repent?
I have been blind but you have to see
That we must walk together from this nether world,
Even in this weakness my faith in you is strong,
I believe you can look beyond this wrong.

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa,
Forgive me, for I have sinned.

There is nothing I can do or say
To lift the weight of the guilt from me,
No thought or word is left untouched,
Everything reminds me of my fall.
Never more to stray from the righteous path,
And to temptation in scorn to laugh,
This is my desire, my only need,
For you to forgive this ill-thought deed.

The truth of what we were I have seen too late,
Torn apart and cursed by my rising self-hate,
In this act most hateful I put us to the test-
I will see the strength of your love confessed,
No more am I the servant of slavish lust,
I feel stripped and flayed by my self-disgust,
To the raging furies I am laid bare
And, in truth, about myself I do not care.

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa,
Forgive me, for I have sinned.

There is nothing I can do or say
To lift the weight of the guilt from me,
No thought or word is left untouched,
Everything reminds me of my fall.
Never more to stray from the righteous path,
And to temptation in scorn to laugh,
This is my desire, my only need,
For you to forgive this ill-thought deed.

And I never meant to hurt you,
I never thought I could,
In this deceitful world
I wanted to be true,
And I never meant to hurt you,
I never thought I could,
In this deceitful world
I am also untrue.