Jesus Wept
(专辑: Sand In Your Shoes - 1995)
The
day that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem The
adventure almost over, the
night he hadn't slept Dreams and premonitions made him tired and emotional And that's why Jesus wept He wasn't scared of dying, he'd made that commitment Fulfilling the
old prophecy, his bargain he had kept He was due some satisfaction, but he was deeply troubled And that's why Jesus wept Was this his true destiny, or could he still make changes Someone else's nightmare into which he'd stepped? Damage limitation couldn't save the
situation And that's why Jesus wept In his dream he saw the
crusade and all wars that would follow Declared in his name when he thought he'd been direct Love thy neighbour, do not kill, and turn the
other cheek And that's why Jesus wept And he saw the
inquisition and the
burning of the
saints And the
conversion of the
innocents he swore he would protect And he saw them bless the
bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima And that's why Jesus wept Though Peter would betray him, he made him the
rock On which he would build his church to sort of keep him in his debt A
man about to die is allowed some confusion And that's why Jesus wept And he thought of his disciples, especially of Judas The
job that was ordained for him and the
reward he'd collect And he saw him in the
tree with silver coins around him And that's why Jesus wept Then he thought about the
good times when he turned the
tables over Chastised the
money lenders and he earned the
boy's respect He was proud of Godly anger, but ashamed of manly temper And that's why Jesus wept Rumours started flying about water into wine Sight to the
blind and that he'd even raised the
dead The
biggest miracle was that anyone believed it And that's why Jesus wept Then he mused on human nature, how fickle were the
public So ready to accept him, so quick now to reject Where were the
five thousand he fed with loaves and fishes? And that's why Jesus wept In his dream he saw a
garden with all his friends asleep He walked away the
hours until the
morning crept And he wondered would the
nails hurt, would he be man enough? And that's why Jesus wept Was he supposed to bear it like a
man or like a
God Would tears show a
weakness or a
strength by their effect? Would they be viewed as compassion or failure and self-pity? And that's why Jesus wept Then he saw his houses burning on both sides of a
border Saw the
guiltless suffer with the
guilty and the
rest And when they called his name and he knew he couldn't help them That's why Jesus wept Then he saw two armies marching and he heard their crucifixes Reduced to superstitious muted jangling round their necks And he heard his name intoned as they interred their companion And that's why Jesus wept Then he thought about his mother and the
stories she had told him Who'd filled his dreams with angels, put voices in his head Then the
scent of pine trees made him think of dear old Joseph That's why Jesus wept That's why Jesus wept