You Be the Judge

Behold the lamb
The lamb which is to be slain

Not twelve days hence bore I
This lamb upon my shoulder
Mud and sweat leaching past my brow
The lamb’s wool matted and bloody

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Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

The time came for the nail to be removed.

As I made my way to the feast
An alarm came from the tower watchman
Night is coming and chariots are in the gates
But I dast not ignore my lord’s summons

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I am a nail in the door of the fold
Entombed in cypress from before my time
Dead and rusty, I go neither in nor out

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Eighteen years with crick in ’er back
Woe ho ho and a wineskin o’ pain
Drink nor the devil will cut no one slack
Woe ho ho and a wineskin o’ pain

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A righteous storm you say is coming
A maelstrom of fire and judgment
The strongest among us will burn like straw
And our own evil deeds will spark the blaze

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I am not a collector of histories
They do not wedge in my mind
The way gills catch in a net

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You came to my door at midnight
     asking for snakes
I’m sorry, but I have no snakes for you
     I am not sleeping
But no, I have no snakes for you

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Lord, who will be allowed into your presence
When you come into your own upon Zion?

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