Everything's Fine

I can't deny that feeling rotten
The daily beatings I have gotten
Mother saying "Really, what I had in mind"
Living a lie is what's at stake here, and my
Battered smile will surely take care to tell my story and to make it right
Everything's fine
Everything's fine

Picking up the scattered pieces of
Boys loved and my belief in Jesus
Oh, I could sell it all to you for a dime
A little bruise, a little breaking, my cheek is turned to constant aching
This executioner's sure is taking his time
And everything's fine
Everything's fine

Mmm, I lay my head on a dusty pillow
And dream of all the joy that's still owed me
And you won't be there when it comes time
Shadowed silence that surrounds us, the hungry dogs of heaven hound us...
For some we're six feet under when it comes time

Every word cuts to the bone, and
I'm sifting through these sticks and stones
And then I'm barefoot out in the moonlight looking for a sign
When I reach in and feel my tremor
Only then do I remember
There's an angel somewhere dangling a line
Oh, there's an angel somewhere dangling a line
Yeah, where is my angel?

When I wake up in the middle of the night
The headboard is on fire, but the sheets are tucked around me tonight
I hold onto my hands, and I call upon a childhood prayer
And I tell myself there must be an angel somewhere
There's an angel somewhere dangling a line
And everything's fine

Everything's fine
Everything's fine
Everything's fine