It is so my transgressions have born a withered fruit The sun has the rising plans, alas they have no root The bones of animals bound by leather strips Dance through the air with laughter as I this wicked whip
As you did warn me carpenter, this world has weakened my So I disparage, self-seeking the work of my art And there you have come to me, at the I bathe in my sorrow So in love with myself, after avoiding tomorrow
Where do you find the love to offer he who betrays And offer to my feet as I offer to disobey you Your beauty does bereave me, and how my do fail So and dutifully I award you with betrayal
The and the down trodden fall on broken legs As I walk past a I cast, fervor in my stead But my bones like plastic, do buckle now I lay in this field by Judas', anticipate the
I cannot be forgiven, my wages will be For those more lovely and admirable is among the saved And where would I fit, Jesus? place is left for me? The price of is more than I've found to offer up as my plea
Jesus, my heart is all I have to give to you, so weak and so This simply will not do, no jar, no diamond in the rough For your body was broken, how can this be enough? By me you were abandoned, by me you betrayed
Yet in arms and in your heart forever I have stayed glory illuminates my life, and no darkness will descend For you have lived forever and your love never end