Only Way Out

I'm on the edge
Stuck on a ledge  
Wall at my back  
Before me is black  
Can't get to safety  
No one can reach me  
Curl up in a ball  
I don't want to fall  
  
There's nowhere to go  
Can't get to the light  
There's nowhere to go  
I've no strength to climb  
There's nowhere to go  
Frozen I stand  
There's nowhere to go  
Please give me a hand  
   
Fingernails bleeding  
Every muscle is screaming  
Pulse pounds in my ears  
I've run out of tears  
Can't remember the light  
Want to give up this fight  
The dark pit beckons  
Is it hell or heaven  
There's no way to know now  
The only way out is down  
The only way out  
is through  
   
There's nowhere to go  
but through the fear  
There's nowhere to go  
but through the pain  
There's nowhere to go  
but into the tears  
There's nowhere to go  
but into the shame  
   
Let it burn me  
Let me feel  
Through the pain is the only  
way to heal  
   
Spread my arms  
Lean off the wall  
Into the sweet caress  
 of    
   this    
       fall....