St. Peter-Ina Wroldsen

[ti:St. Peter] [ar:Ina Wroldsen] [al:St. Peter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]St. Peter - Ina Wroldsen [00:16.25]In the middle of hell lies a little St Peter [00:24.04]In a hospital bed burning up [00:31.96]With a cloth to his head he is ridden by fever [00:40.15]And I can't even tell whether the demons have won [00:47.78]And his mother is there with his brother tied to her back [00:55.70]Praying as hard as she can to a god in a land [01:00.74]That I think he forgot [01:03.81]In the middle of hell where a death by mosquito [01:11.43]Is as everyday as my coffee or your cigarette [01:18.68]And she says God bless me [01:22.52]She says God bless me [01:26.44]And I shake my head [01:30.39]'Cause I can't see God in this hospital bed [01:34.38]But she says God bless me [01:38.38]She says God bless me [01:42.26]And I look away [01:46.08]But as she let's go of my hand [01:48.94]For the first time in this place [01:52.55]I pray [01:54.50]Amen [01:58.21]Amen [02:07.01]I got plenty to give her but there's nothing to offer [02:14.51]And the little I brought comes far too late [02:22.90]So I urge him to leave with a bottle of water [02:30.50]He is 7 years old sleeping outside pearly gates [02:38.56]And his mother looks at me with eyes [02:41.48]I will never let go [02:46.13]They are angry and sad beyond measure [02:49.53]And mad with a childbearing love that I know [02:54.33]In the middle of hell we just sit with each other [03:02.03]On a hospital bed begging for death to go home [03:09.31]And she says God bless me [03:13.42]She says God bless me [03:17.27]And I shake my head [03:21.20]'Cause I can't see God in this hospital bed [03:25.22]But she says God bless me [03:29.11]She says God bless me [03:32.95]And I look away [03:36.99]But as she let's go of my hand [03:39.70]For the first time in this place [03:42.95]I pray [03:45.04]Amen [03:49.06]Amen [03:57.84]In the middle of hell lies a little St Peter [04:05.47]In a hospital bed burning up