(3 of 3) Penance is not Repentance

I bargained with the devil when I was just thirteen

I asked him for a blessing

I asked to fuel a dream

I bartered very little for I had nothing to claim

I thought it’d give me power

I thought it’d make me sane

I lied my way through junior high and freshman year alone

Others didn’t seem to care

Others didn’t seem to know

I figured my ability was what I had to use for gain

Others would obey my voice

Others saw me to blame

I graduated high school and left to serve the Lord

He let me go unwittingly

He let me break my word

I served and screamed in agony but somehow scraped on by

He had a tall price for me to pay

He wouldn’t stand for all my lies

I heard the news and fought the tears yet cried on anyway

I forgot and kept on serving

Others forgot along the way

I made a name and fought for fame and my destiny to control

He smiled and made it easy

I left Hell, yet paid no toll