THE HOLY MOUNTAIN

"I have severely underestimated the power locked away Within the ether of our DNA and It's propensity for malice and amendments made in madness With hope that I might rectify that malady of the soul." It's a trap! One step forward, two steps back A race run in vain A game, tit-for-tat I took the weight of the world and it broke my back The pigs took my pearls and then the wolves attacked All under the sun I burned Face down on my belly like a worm And in the preacher's words, I concurred It was vanity! All is vanity! "Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory? Oh death, where is thy sting? Oh grave, where is thy victory?" Oh! What a wretched man I am! To cling to these truths with these shackled hands The more I try, the less I can The more I know, the worse I am Oh! Such misery! But woe is unto me if I do not preach! On trembling knees I took my feet And turned eyes to the mountain "You birthed your sons on the blood of my people (You are my hope now!) And I will lead them to the top of the Holy Mountain Where the light of the world Took up my heart in its hands When the kingdoms fall and the watchmen are blind With the weight of the world held up by the blood in his eyes You'll find me there, on top of Holy Mountain The morning star in my heart and a sword in my hand" Never felt more alone than I do now And the saddest part about leaving this world would be knowing That I could've done just a little bit better I really didn't need to be so clever To speak bold would be bold enough More emphasis on the premises And less color in the rhythm and rhyme Redeeming the time for the days are evil When everyone wants to be a man of the people Buried in a haystack, Imma be the needle And call you out for the pricks you are "But when I spoke the truth, did I do it in love? Did I wrestle with this to the point of blood? Did I give all the glory to the Lord above Or did I keep some for myself? Was this life really hell enough I should come after the comforts of Heaven? Did I give it everything I got Or was I too wrapped up in all the things I could be getting? Benefit to the cost, they count it gain, I count it loss I'm looking in the mirror but too terrified to clear the fog Tell me what I was thinking Thinking I was the one To take the weight of the world? "We're all pigs to the slaughter my son And hell is no place for the bold and the brave." Valkyrie One, reanimate! "Father! Did you make me to forsake me? Or am I truly the chosen one?" "And I stood upon the sand of the sea And I saw a beast rise up out of the sea Having seven heads and ten horns And upon his horns ten crowns And upon his heads the name of blasphemy." "All hail the unholy one! Protectorate, bring me the head of the anointed one!" "All hail the unholy one! Protectorate, bring me the head of the anointed one!" So give it up one time for the human race Running in place, running in place So give it up one more time for the human race Running in place They're all dead men walking! So give it up one more time for the human race Running in place, running in place So give it up one more time for the human race Running in place They're all dead men walking! "And I saw an angel come down from Heaven Having the key of the bottomless pit And a great chain in his hand"