Rédemption - Desperation Part I lyrics

Peter and Mary, drive cross-country
Entering Desperation, Nevada
Red lights flash and their destinies changed
As the patrol car pulls behind them

Collie Etrangian, arm of the law
Stops them and searches the back of their car
There in the trunk, some drugs in a bag
And they find themselves arrested

Pulled them over, to the side of the road
With a body that's bloated
And bursting too old
"We'll get this sorted out in Desperation
Tak!

Hated is burning, under his skin
And an evil power that eats from within
He bleeds from his eyes as he drives them by
The biggest mine in North America

Technology working anew in the depths
The soul of the mine now
Disturbed from it's rest
Answers will be found in Desperation

There's a little dead girl
Lying on the steps of the jail
And Collie guns down Peter as
He stares into her eyes
The Carver family hears the
Shot from the cell
And wonders why their daughter had to die

Ralph and Ellie Carter, and their son, David
Too staring from within the cell like
Animals in a zoo
Something brought them here to Desperation

With them is Tom, the only one from the town
His alcoholic's spirit is beaten
And worn down
And Mary joins this group in Desperation