Violence

A goblin told me that God was metaphorical
Well, metaphorically, when I come to the end of myself
He's got a lot of the same questions as me
Said he's drowning beneath an ocean of dogma and liturgy
And the current keeps pulling him further out to sea
Well, whatever the water uncovered underneath
Washes up, exposed on the beach
Said, "the Father, who knows all secrets, reveals them all eventually."
There is truth
It is stuck inside my head
It confuses everything I do
Once upon a time I knew that it all belonged to You
But it all got misconstrued
The day my brother up and abandoned us
For his philosophical musings
Well, how amusing
And why don't you sing over me?
No really, why don't you sing over me?
Didn't you used to sing over me?
Is my brother gone because he never believed?
Or if he did, is he a son that you'll continue to keep?
And if I see so much of myself in him
(Kingdom suffers)
What does that say about your grip on me?
Did you let him go, or did he leave?
Or did he stop seeking salvation with fear and trembling?
Will I see my friends again in eternity?
How deeply can we grieve the Spirit before the Spirit's work will cease?
(Kingdom suffers)
Well, all my family, I'm afraid
(I must still remain)
Wind-driven and tossed like the waves of the sea
I'm not faithless, but I'm faltering
(Kingdom's suffering)
And I need you to pray for me
(Violence)

The kingdom suffers, and I've not run halfway
And less than half of my faith remains
(Kingdom suffers)
But if you can't deny yourself
Then there's still just one place that I'll make my grave
(I must still remain)

I hear the Savior say
"Thy strength indeed is small
Child of weakness watch and pray
Find in Me thine all in all
Find in Me thine all in all
I have not abandoned your heart
I have not abandoned your heart."

This has been the devil's winter
Frostbitten and frozen in time
As though the days are but a whisper
But shrill enough to constantly remind me
That the past is not forgotten
And my wounds are not yet healed
Yet when the sutures set and seal my heart
Even then, the scars cannot be concealed
You have revealed Yourself in weakness
Clothed Yourself in poverty
The Emerald City holds so much of my soul
But its needles always find me wanting
My body groans with the rest of creation
And You intercede for me
(I've only run halfway)
Chosen before the earth's foundations
(Feels like less than half my strength remains)
So we will stand ground expectantly
And I find my hope in the eager anticipation of what going home will bring
(It's just one place I'll make my grave)

The kingdom suffers, and I've not run halfway
(It's in You)
And less than half of my faith remains
(The Kingdom suffers)
But if you can't deny yourself
Then there's still just one place that I'll make my grave
(I must still remain)

"I have not abandoned your heart
(When the Kingdom's suffering)
I will not abandon your heart."
(Violence)