God's Own Fool

Seems I've imagined Him all of my life
 As the wisest of all of mankind
 But if God's Holy wisdom is foolish to men
 He must have seemed out of His mind
 For even His family said He was mad
 And the priests said a demon's to blame
 But God in the form of this angry young man
 Could not have seemed perfectly sane
 When we in our foolishness thought we were wise
 He played the fool and He opened our eyes
 When we in our weakness believed we were strong
 He became helpless to show we were wrong
 And so we follow God's own fool
 For only the foolish can tell-
 Believe the unbelievable
 And come be a fool as well
 So come lose your life for a carpenter's son
 For a madman who died for a dream
 And you'll have the faith His first followers had
 And you'll feel the weight of the beam
 So surrender the hunger to say you must know
 Have the courage to say I believe
 For the power of paradox opens your eyes
 And blinds those who say they can see
 When we in our foolishness thought we were wise
 He played the fool and He opened our eyes
 When we in our weakness believed we were strong
 He became helpless to show we were wrong
 And so we follow God's own fool
 For only the foolish can tell-
 Believe the unbelievable
 And come be a fool as well
 So we follow God's own Fool
 For only the foolish can tell
 Believe the unbelievable,
 And come be a fool as well