PAIN
Why is pain eating out my bones, and why
It follows me, forever with me stays?
I am afraid that suffering will cling
Throughout the calendar of all my days.
**
YOU WERE CRUCIFIED
They crucified you up on Calvary,
And form your tears and blood they lived afresh,
And when the blood had dropped so much in price,
They sharpened up their knives and cut your flesh.
**
MADMEN
Those who divided up the country to
Give key to others, they are really mad;
The country which had nurtured them, they tear
Away its heart, a wounded bird, fear-clad.
**
DESPOTIC
Despotic is she and she ruins homes,
She claims some knowledge, foolish is her bid;
Truth is so difficult to reach her brain,
Her head is sealed and does not have a lid.
**
I AM FASTING
Swear not before me for I am at fast,
For this month only fasting I must keep,
And be as one of poverty, and dream
Of Eden, and of happiness and sleep.
**
WOLVES
Indeed I am disgusted with myself
And cannot trust a soul on this grim earth;
I see all people as marauding wolves,
The nicest like a devil of no worth.
**
NO
Please do not flatter me, just tell the truth,
For truth alone can win no matter what;
I would prefer the word “No” rather than
Lies and deception which amount to rot.
**
GLORY
If anyone has perished in our land
Eyes will shed tears, our countryside to fill;
We’re people who have suckled glory, not
Like those who suckle, yet unsated still.
**
Why is pain eating out my bones, and why
It follows me, forever with me stays?
I am afraid that suffering will cling
Throughout the calendar of all my days.
**
YOU WERE CRUCIFIED
They crucified you up on Calvary,
And form your tears and blood they lived afresh,
And when the blood had dropped so much in price,
They sharpened up their knives and cut your flesh.
**
MADMEN
Those who divided up the country to
Give key to others, they are really mad;
The country which had nurtured them, they tear
Away its heart, a wounded bird, fear-clad.
**
DESPOTIC
Despotic is she and she ruins homes,
She claims some knowledge, foolish is her bid;
Truth is so difficult to reach her brain,
Her head is sealed and does not have a lid.
**
I AM FASTING
Swear not before me for I am at fast,
For this month only fasting I must keep,
And be as one of poverty, and dream
Of Eden, and of happiness and sleep.
**
WOLVES
Indeed I am disgusted with myself
And cannot trust a soul on this grim earth;
I see all people as marauding wolves,
The nicest like a devil of no worth.
**
NO
Please do not flatter me, just tell the truth,
For truth alone can win no matter what;
I would prefer the word “No” rather than
Lies and deception which amount to rot.
**
GLORY
If anyone has perished in our land
Eyes will shed tears, our countryside to fill;
We’re people who have suckled glory, not
Like those who suckle, yet unsated still.
**
