Take
I can smell it on their fur
Crimson still wet from the slaughter
The odor of murder hangs on their feral breath
They tarnish holy ground
With the filth they’ve reveled in
Fangs salivating over the souls brought to the altar
If these walls could talk
They would expose all the lies
If these walls could find a voice
What a grave hymn they would sing
Is an angel still a saint, even after it lost its wings?
A demon a devil, when they lay down their tine?
Blood cries out from tarnished gowns
Innocence soaked through the floor boards
Depraved in mind, deprived of truth
They host off the least of these
A rapacious bite, behind a snow white sheet
A wolf covered in the dressings designed for sheep
They coil up their spines
Lay waiting before their snares
Traps set with a psalm and a holy name on their lips
The same teeth that preach of peace
Sink into flesh until their victims grow week
What they want they take
Despite of what’s at stake
Blood cries out from tarnished gowns
Innocence soaked through the floor boards
Depraved in mind, deprived of truth
They host off the least of these
A rapacious bite, behind a snow white sheet
A wolf covered in the dressings designed for sheep
False prophet
False prophet
Sharp is the sickle, den of robbers
The reaping hour is drawing nigh, brood of vipers
Den of robbers
Brood of vipers
Den of robbers
Brood of vipers
I can smell it on their fur
Crimson still wet from the slaughter
Dressed in purity but theres bloods on their hands
Eat
"Oh god remove this cup from me”
Face down in the garden, petals for your bed
But this isn’t a pallet made for rest
The worlds weight hang over you like a blade
Sweat beading, pooling crimson red
You saw me in my slumber, in my deviant sleep
As i lay in my ruse, my immoral cocoon
Muttering your words in my dreams
“This is my body, take & eat”
Our mortal dissonance wove into a crown
Only a king could bear the weight of the world on his brow
The sins of humanity cascade from your skin
Generating fissures in the eternal coffin
With whips driven to the slaughter
A lamb laid upon the altar
As nails pierced through your hands
My nails pierced through my eyelids
A deceiver a thief
30 in silver, the price of betrayal
The spilling of innocent blood
I am the one who deserves this death
Our mortal dissonance wove into a crown
Only a king could bear the weight of the world on his brow
The sins of humanity cascade from your skin
Generating fissures in the eternal coffin
The thorn that cut your head
Is now caught in hells side
The temple in ruin
Has ascended into paradise
You wore the curse on your back to place the crown of life on our heads
Our heads
Drink
A dragon opened its mouth and released its breath
Once again the wind blows from the east
Angered, you can hear its temper in the window panes shudder
Day in day out, the heat devastates the weak
Dust rises up in skies
Riding on locust wings
Vigor spirals the drain
Like vultures circling
Dried up, the earth lies tired and worn
My souls grown weary with desolation
Ive muttered in prayer, called out in psalm
My souls grown weary, only my tears to drink
I inhale dust like an addict
My mouth is as dry as the well
Oh heavens receive these prayers
Fabricate these cries into clouds
The leaves curled up their nose and cursed the relentless surge
Branches become brittle bones, trembling in the wind
The veins drank up the last of earths drip
Roots retire, exhausted at their digging
Dried up, the earth lies tired and worn
My souls grown weary with desolation
Ive muttered in prayer, called out in psalm
The well is dried up, only my tears to drink
Dried up, the earth lies tired and worn
My souls grown weary with desolation
Ive muttered in prayer, called out in psalm
The well is dried up, my soul is parched
At last a change in the seasons
The life turned bitter will be made sweet again
Blessed the wind that heaves the clouds in
The life turned bitter will be made sweet again
Remember
When this ship is set to sea, with no direction, no control
I am only the sails holding up the whirlwind of hope
When you look at me the only good that you will see
The spirit of truth in my soul that has taken residency
The grace poured out from me, so compassionate and so sweet
I am merely the comb, the nectar is what makes me complete
When you look at me the only good that you will see
The spirit of truth in my soul that has taken residency
No longer am I
I am a hollow vessel, a receptacle
A skeleton of glass, an empty globe hanging with potential
When the circuit completes, and the voltage dances through
It’s never been my spark
It’s a transcending power that overcomes the dark
When you look at me the only good that you will see
The spirit of truth in my soul that has taken residency
Greater is he who has seized the demon in me
Crucified the identity that was dead in depravity
No longer am I
That who lives is I AM
Greater is he who has seized the demon inside me
Drown the swine, who I used to be
Drown the swine, my depravity
Believe
In the same motion each component moves alike
The wind moves us in the same direction, like a waltz we glide
We’re taking strides
We’re taking strides
We are the strands of many, but together as one we’re tied
When we breathe, we breathe winds of the holy
When we drink, we drink of the same spirit
Oh what an exquisite piece of artistry
Completed with deep strokes of diversity
Thread by thread, seems are sewn with amity
Holding up the one, the head of divinity
No cast of class, none richer nor poorer
Origins from the four corners, fingerprint of every blood
The earth groans in agony
So we build, build this eternal body
Thorns and thistles still grow between rows
So we build, build until creation knows
We’re taking strides
We’re taking strides
Feet fail me not, stick to the narrow,
Eyes, don’t grow fatigued
See through the dark night, cataracts, seek the light, watch for the morning
We share in ruin, as we share in life
Together we thrive, divided we die
Ears, don’t fall numb, the call still whispers
Heart, don’t grow weary,
Keep persevering, holding true, yielding love, this will heal nations
We share in ruin as we share in life
We are the body and we are alive
We are alive
We are the body
We’re taking strides
We’re taking strides
