City on a Hill

It's painted on a canvas, and it's written on a page Scribbled on a napkin in the dark It's ringing in a whisper, and it's screaming on a stage Setting fire to my heart And were our hearts not burning within us Did not the rocks cry, "This is why you're here" Let us defend this most holy mountain Let none disturb our city on a hill It's stitched into the banner, and it's waving with the flag It's stained in black and in white But there's comfort in the contrast, in the line drawn in the sand Welcomed distraction in the fight And were our hearts not burning within us Did not the rocks cry, "This is why you're here" Let us defend this most holy mountain Let none disturb our city on a hill It's timeless and eternal, the water and the blood A valley to find rest in late at night It's excrement and it's sacrament, saliva in the mud Perfect hill on which to die And were our hearts not burning within us Did not the rocks cry, "This is why you're here" Let us defend this most holy mountain Let none disturb our city on a hill And were our hearts not burning within us Did not the Lord say, "There's no other way" Let us protect this most precious garden Because we need it, the apple and the snake