Something Purer

[Verse 1]
I was gripped with a bit of fear
Worried the one thing that I loved
Back when I was just a kid
Might now never be enough
That the body I was in
Might belong to someone else
Someone kinder
Someone surer
Someone innocent
Young and beautiful
Someone purer
But that's no-one I know

[Verse 2]
I was scratching at my skin
Hopin changes would begin
But what laid beneath was blood
Well of course
What the hell was I thinking of
Won't you take me down to the creek
Wash away our sins of sleep
I feel so tired
As though I might
Not wake at all on the other side
That's no way to go
That's no way to go
That's no way to go

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh my dear one
Bathe me in your glow
Cut out my lonely heart
And bury it in the snow
Nothing really means nothing
Is the saddest thing I know
So deliver me from sin
And give me rock and roll

[Chorus]
Oh-oh, woah-oh oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, woah-oh oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Give me rock and roll
Oh-oh, woah-oh oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, woah-oh oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh

[Verse 3]
And in the morning there'll be hope
And in the morning there'll be light
And if I sleep and dream up a system
A solution
To fend off perils of the night
Come morning, I'll be born again
Born again as someone else
Someone kinder
Someone surer
Someone beautiful
Someone purer
And when I am you'll know
And when I am you'll know
And when I am you'll know
And when I am you'll know

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Almighty one
The devil knows my name
Will salvation come
And wash away my pain?
For I was once a kid
With a pure and innocent soul
So deliver me from sin
And give me rock and roll

[Chorus]
Oh-oh, woah-oh oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, woah-oh oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, woah-oh oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, woah-oh oh-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, oh-oh
Give me rock and roll, give me rock and roll
And a pure and innocent soul, and a pure and innocent soul
Give me rock and roll, give me rock and roll
And a pure and innocent soul, and a pure and innocent soul
And a pure and innocent soul, and a pure and innocent soul
Soul, and a pure and innocent soul, and a pure and innocent soul
And a pure and innocent soul