My Deepest Fears To be imprisoned and grow accustom to my cell To witness true love but never love at all To sing like an angel but my voice falls on deaf ears To live beyond my children while in my golden years To lie in bed with a snake between my legs To cry out loud for help but my voice doth fade To visit my child in prison from year to year To be eaten alive by any varmint at all To work hard the day accomplishing nary a thing To lose my dear wife as my breath does cease To open my eye after the grave To feel hot bothered tortured and in pain In knowing the lord my God shuns his face