"Confessions" expresses the unrepentance of a lifelong criminal. His only real regret is that he feels no sorrow for the wrong he's done, only continued hope that he won't get caught. The song was begun in 1976 by John and Michael and was resurrected and completed nearly 20 years later.The song features John on keyboards and organ, with Peter playing guitars and singing. |
Confessions Words & Music by John & Peter Hamm Additional lyrics by Michael Hamm Father, hear my confession. I've done all the things I've sworn, never do. I wish I could promise never to sin again. But I've trapped in this endless mortal spin. So I must be leaving, I hear the sirens singing. I hear the sound of shouts in the night. Father, I don't know when it turned, bad into dying. Or when joy turned into flight. I've run high and I've run low. I've jumped over and I've hid below. I've squandered my birthright and I've sold away my blood I've sold out and now I'm gone. All the fathers and the sons. God, I know they're coming. We've got to run, we've got to run I am the knife, I am the reckless, I am the laugh in the dead of the night, I watched so many sons lose their father, I felt them watch me sneak out of sight. Father, hear my confession, I am the beggar ,the thief in the dark, I was the chill you felt in the shadows, I am the prisoner, I am the spark. |
