Ghost (christmas song)

from sawngs by Gap Gardening

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[Recorded December 2014]

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lowborn king, crying out for those left in the streets
remember us when you're down from that tree
we damn ourselves and spread out dead disease
we know no better, will you come back for me?

quiet ghost, we send young men to kill who we don't know
and shut out orphans, widows in the snow
out from our cities, let living water flow
fill us up, set fire to the clouds, a pillar in the desert so

we put down our swords, break down our doors
we don't even know your name
holy hands reach out again
tear the curtain away, carpenter you built this place

holy shouts, echo in the cavern of your voice
heart beats beat the hollow from my noise
black holes eat my palms, eat my voids
you breathe out light, the sun, and the soil

the image of invisible power above
is the image of a man broken in love
and the banner of peace transforming the dark
but my fragile bones are not enough
and i'm not concerned where i go when i die
if my brothers and sister are buried alive
and in the field where judas fell
you wash my feet, your traitor

we said "who is he
from which the waves flee?
let us go end his reign."
forgive us, rabbi this is not enough
to take the nails from the beams
all the same you still love me

did you turn your face on his final day?
left us all the sing the blues?
or did you weep yourself to sleep?
waiting for the stone to move, holiness that suffers too.

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from sawngs, released October 26, 2012

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