Vision of the Tree
You may know my name, tho I lived long ago
I tell my story as a warnin', so you'll know
I was sleepin' sound, and then I had a dream
It was so real, I just had to know what it means
...what it means
Oh the vision of the tree
You know it really bothered me
In the dream the tree reached up to the sky
Beasts ate of the fruit, and birds nested high
Then a Watcher came and said, "Cut it down"
He only left the stump, with a bronze ring bound
...with a bronze ring bound
The fateful doom of the tree
That Watcher really troubled me
Called the wise men, they told me it's a sign
What is the meaning? They said, "It is divine"
Called the man who was the wisest of all
Filled with the Spirit I hoped that he could solve
...solve for me
The explanation of the tree
Explain it to me
On his face I saw dismay, and then alarm
The tree is you! Your pride will bring you harm
Leave sinful ways, show mercy to the poor
If you don't straighten up, you're gonna answer for
...for your misdeeds
It's in the vision of the tree
All to drive out your vanity
I later walked among the things I had gained
Thought pridefully: My money, my fame
Sinful thought was still runnin' through my brain
A voice from heaven said, "It is all taken away!"
...taken away
Fulfilled the vision of the tree
My fate was God's decree
Lost my mind, like a beast lived in disgrace
Chastened, corrected, finally learned my place
Now I know that pride comes before a fall
And I know the One who truly rules it all
...who rules it all
I lived the vision of the tree
Glory Be
With my doom complete, my reason returned
I poured out praise to the One I'd spurned
My kingdom, my nobles rallied back again
And thanks to God I was stronger than I'd ever been
...strong and free
Thus ends the vision of the tree
Here it ends
I'll toss my crown before His throne
I've been laid low
I owe Him everything I own
How well I know
(Scat singing)
I tell my story as a warnin', so you'll know
I was sleepin' sound, and then I had a dream
It was so real, I just had to know what it means
...what it means
Oh the vision of the tree
You know it really bothered me
In the dream the tree reached up to the sky
Beasts ate of the fruit, and birds nested high
Then a Watcher came and said, "Cut it down"
He only left the stump, with a bronze ring bound
...with a bronze ring bound
The fateful doom of the tree
That Watcher really troubled me
Called the wise men, they told me it's a sign
What is the meaning? They said, "It is divine"
Called the man who was the wisest of all
Filled with the Spirit I hoped that he could solve
...solve for me
The explanation of the tree
Explain it to me
On his face I saw dismay, and then alarm
The tree is you! Your pride will bring you harm
Leave sinful ways, show mercy to the poor
If you don't straighten up, you're gonna answer for
...for your misdeeds
It's in the vision of the tree
All to drive out your vanity
I later walked among the things I had gained
Thought pridefully: My money, my fame
Sinful thought was still runnin' through my brain
A voice from heaven said, "It is all taken away!"
...taken away
Fulfilled the vision of the tree
My fate was God's decree
Lost my mind, like a beast lived in disgrace
Chastened, corrected, finally learned my place
Now I know that pride comes before a fall
And I know the One who truly rules it all
...who rules it all
I lived the vision of the tree
Glory Be
With my doom complete, my reason returned
I poured out praise to the One I'd spurned
My kingdom, my nobles rallied back again
And thanks to God I was stronger than I'd ever been
...strong and free
Thus ends the vision of the tree
Here it ends
I'll toss my crown before His throne
I've been laid low
I owe Him everything I own
How well I know
(Scat singing)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Alan Skipper
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Link
© 2024 All rights reserved. Rockol.com S.r.l. Website image policy
Rockol
- Rockol only uses images and photos made available for promotional purposes (“for press use”) by record companies, artist managements and p.r. agencies.
- Said images are used to exert a right to report and a finality of the criticism, in a degraded mode compliant to copyright laws, and exclusively inclosed in our own informative content.
- Only non-exclusive images addressed to newspaper use and, in general, copyright-free are accepted.
- Live photos are published when licensed by photographers whose copyright is quoted.
- Rockol is available to pay the right holder a fair fee should a published image’s author be unknown at the time of publishing.
Feedback
Please immediately report the presence of images possibly not compliant with the above cases so as to quickly verify an improper use: where confirmed, we would immediately proceed to their removal.