The Cornerstone

I saw the desert wind tear across the wilderness
I felt it blowing off the page
The teacher told me, "Son, always remember this"
And I have always been afraid

I read about the God of Moses roaring in the holy cloud
It shook my bedroom window panes
I did not understand then, I do not understand now
I don't expect you to explain

You've been a mystery since
The moment that I met You, You never move
But I can never seem to catch You

You said to eat Your flesh before You broke the bread
And blessed it before You poured the wine for every man
This is a hard, hard teaching, can any man accept it?
Can any sage here understand?

You turned the tables over there in Your father's temple
You cracked a whip and raised a shout
My daughter asked me why, I said, "Love is never simple
It draws 'em in and drives 'em out"

I saw You there but it was too late to change my course
And I collided with a beautiful immovable force
And so the stone that I rejected
It has become the cornerstone

All the maps were drawn but the maps were wrong
The stars spin around another sun
All the maps were drawn but the maps were wrong
The rivers are running from the cornerstone

And You looked me in the eye and fixed me with a permanent stare
I met Your gaze and saw the forges of the firmament there

And the floods come up and the rains come down