When the Halo Slips

You ask me for protection

I do everything I can

I try to be your lover and your friend

In everything you ask

I do my best to meet the task

But every now and then this tree will bend.

That's when the halo slips again

And I am humbled, I am meek

When the halo slips again

Then I am humbled at your feet.

I offer all my loving

I share every move I plan

I answer every message that you send

I found you in the night

I led you out into the light

But every now and then this tree will bend.

That's when the halo slips again

And I am humbled, I am meek

When the halo slips again

Then I am humbled at your feet.

You can carry me half-way to Heaven

Will you be (stay) with me right to the end ?

I can lighten the load (burden) that you carry

But you know that this tree's gonna bend.

We celebrate, we suffer

We bite every giving hand

To try to understand is to pretend

When two of us are weak

It's a game of hide and seek

But every now and then this tree will bend.

That's when the halo slips again

And I am humbled, I am meek

When the halo slips again

Then I am humbled at your feet.