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dedicated to Alesana – A Lunatic's Lament, The Emptiness (Album)
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of men. (Matthew 16:23)
And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
(Acts 9:4)
and last of all, as to the child untimely born, he appeared to me also. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1 Corinthians 15:8-9
but contrariwise, when they saw that I had been intrusted with the gospel of the uncircumcision, even as Peter with the gospel of the circumcision (Galatians 2:7)
When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong. Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray. When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs? (Galatians 2:11-14)
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Its possible to listen to music so much that it loses its melody
and wearies you
or you can become so spiritually torpid that you don't want to pray
or smile and you shirk trimming your mustache as it grows past
your upper lip
so disengaged that you ignore good fortune and friends
to the detriment of everyone you know and the relationships you invested
so much time in
and you hide from the sun yet bask in torrential storms (at night)
willing lightning to strike you
because death is the only liberation from your chronic pain
all you do is sit home at your table and place your head in your folded arms
wistful about the elusiveness of the dreams you presumed
would come to pass; but never did
and all you want now is to be saved
from this mire
but you don’t know if youre a fisherman or a Pharisee
or somewhere in the center of this continuum
because everything you've tried to catch has evaded you
and everyone you've tried to help says the help is persecution
belying your desire to purge their lives of evil
….like…they say your good intentions scare people
at times you argue with yourself for being duplicitous just for the sake of
social tranquility…eating with one group privately then
spurning them in the presence of the general public
either way you’ve seen enough crucifixion to torment your dreams
eternally
alongside the memories of falling off a horse blind for 3 days
and renouncing all your cherished beliefs due to cravenness
and the cock crows
and the cock crows
and the cock crows in the courtyard
(you were supposed to be the Rock everyone depended on)
as you stand smugly over the piles of clothing of murderers
of an innocent man
each stone that splays Stephen's blood is like music to your ears
but its lost its melody
because the girl you want to love you
most likely will never love you back
-------------------*dedicated to Alesana – A Lunatic’s Lament
Lyrics*
If only you could see
(If only you could see)
You're the only girl
I've ever dreamed of
If only you could see
(If only you could see)
Should I apologize
with such pathetic eyes
Just the sight of you has made me
sick tonight (tonight)
It was your poison kiss
that turned me into this
Then again there is a chance
you could be right.
Darling will you please (please)
take a walk with me
We could count the stars
and disappear
(I wish you could see)
I wish you could see
You're the only girl
I've ever dreamed of
Are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied?
What fate has led me here?
Oh please forgive me dear.
I don't know if I could survive
on my own
I could have married you,
instead I buried you
Now we'll see
if I can fall asleep alone (alone)
Darling will you please (please)
take a walk with me
We can count the stars
and disappear
(I wish you could see)
I wish you could see
You're the only girl
I've ever dreamed of
Are you satisfied?
(Are you satisfied?)
The nightmare's coming true
Are you satisfied?
(Are you satisfied?)
Are you satisfied?
(Are you satisfied?)
I did it all for you.
Are you satisfied?
(Are you satisfied?)
I wish you could see
You're the only girl
I've ever dreamed of
Darling will you please (please)
take a walk with me
We can count the stars
and disappear
(I wish you could see)
I wish you could see
You're the only girl
I've ever dreamed of
Are you satisfied?
(Are you satisfied?)
Are you satisfied?
(Are you satisfied?)
The depth of a man's soul
can not be measured in a matter
of meters and fathoms
but rather it is in my opinion
only quantified by his proximity
to heaven and hell.
It was in such a state that
I ushered myself past
the town tavern,
bursting at the seams with
the sounds of laughter
and Had it only been a different night,
a different place, a different kind
of man passing by the threshold
of that innocent pub.
runken piano playing.
The events that transpired
at that point would have
undoubtedly been drastically different.
I can only guess if anyone outside that place
had a clue when the exclamations
of mirth became the desperate
screams of the helpless,
begging for their very lives.
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