* dedicated to Stonesour: "Through Glass"
------------* (Jesus') Thoughts at Twilight/ The Son Rising
Blood...
Blood tastes like rains descending from a forsaken moon
silent in the face of injustice
iron bars, rusted shackles act as stoic accomplices
in the frenetic fight
for the right to live and die as a denizen of heaven
with dignity…uncontaminated by lies
by harsh and sometimes soft-spoken duplicity
your disdain shrouded by your heavy cloak of tolerance
and gold rings, and chalices full of deep spite
asleep in hatred, awoken by fear and driven by self aggrandizing
angst, jealous of objectivity and truth spoken without shifting shadows
ushered in by angels of light and choruses proclaiming
HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is the New World* supplanting your paradise
of decay and suffering
widows cradling their children from breasts filled with sour milk
due to starvation…at your hands and neglect
and feet that walk right past those in need...Jews by inheritance
abandoning your own flesh
tombstones with no names, lepers with no benefactors in the synagogues
Pharisees and Sadducees lame souls
Sanhedrin with blind eyes, deaf to compassion’s cry
so I speak
to set the prisoners free, imprisoned by your tyranny filled,
brow-beating, guilt-apportioned gaze
your lack of piety
I speak what is true, and seek to save what has been lost
Why do you strike me?
Your evil will not prevent the true Dawn from rising...
[John 18:19-23; 28]----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
"I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus replied. "I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said." When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby struck him in the face. "Is this the way you answer the high priest?" he demanded. "If I said something wrong," Jesus replied, "testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?" Then Annas sent him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest...Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning...
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Through Glass lyrics
Songwriters: Economaki, Shawn; Rand, Josh; Root, James Donald; Taylor, Corey;
I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh God it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
'Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
How do you feel? That is the question
But I forget you don't expect an easy answer
When something like a soul becomes initialized
And folded up like paper dolls and little notes
You can't expect a bit of folks
So while you're outside looking in
Describing what you see
Remember what you're staring at is me
'Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
How much is real? So much to question
An epidemic of the mannequins, contaminating everything
We thought came from the heart
But never did right from the start
Just listen to the noises
(Null and void instead of voices)
Before you tell yourself
It's just a different scene
Remember it's just different from what you've seen
I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
And all I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
'Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
And all I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
And it's the stars
The stars that shine for you
And it's the stars
The stars that lie to you, yeah
And it's the stars
The stars that shine for you
And it's the stars
The stars that lie to you, yeah
I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
Oh God it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
'Cause I'm looking at you through the glass
Don't know how much time has passed
All I know is that it feels like forever
But no one ever tells you that forever feels like home
Sitting all alone inside your head
And it's the stars
The stars that shine for you, yeah
And it's the stars
The stars that lie to you, yeah
And it's the stars
The stars that shine for you, yeah
And it's the stars
The stars that lie to you, yeah yeah
Who are the stars?
Who are the stars that lie?
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