"dead horse" lyrics

You were once an angel
Destined for greatness
You were something special
Hardly ever tainted
The sky knew when you were blue
And the sun shone like it too
You were loved the same as the man up high
You were everything and I
I tried to hold it close
In between my fingers and I know

I can't beat a dead horse
It won't make you feel remorse
I can't know what you meant
But I can wait here for you to repent

But if
You do
What do I say?
I knew
Cause when you speak to me in hallucinations
You tell me things I thought were sacred
And I know
(I know)

I can't beat a dead horse
I can't erase you with blunt force
I can't beat a dead horse
I can't tell this story anymore

Then now that your body is cleared
And you've washed away all your sins
And God, it must be nice
It must be nice
It only takes a few words for you to come down
For you to come down
For you to come down

You were an angel
Destined for the end
And I don't believe in God
I don't believe in anything
But I believed in you
My exception