Bread and Stone

To be clear to those who hear
My story of ordeal and fear
The one who chose the fight was only you
As your success was my distress
And by the way I was impressed
The way you hurt me like you wanted to

Now heaven knows temptation grows
The bushes and the trees and stones
Transforming after all those hungry days
And then you said they could be bread
It could be voices in my head
I'll pass for now, the stones as stones will stay

You took me round and we looked down
From where the temple saw the town
And offered me the chance to prove to you
That if I fall then I can call
On angels from my father's halls
To lift me up, but I won't ask them to

I'm not surprised you took me high
The mountain's worth another try
To see if I will break and follow you
Within the hour you'd give me power
My name would broadcast from the tower
It's not the kind of thing I want to do

You did your best, I passed the tests
Now tempt elsewhere so I can rest
Before my tribulations still to do

Now comes the end and we can send
The message that will seal and mend
My reputation and the curse on you