The Harlot (spontaneous)

I am broken
 I am wounded
 I am wretched and ashamed
 and a harlot is like a chain around my neck
 it's my name
 she sings the song of humanity the song of you the song of
 me
 they drag her through the city square
 dragging her by her hair
 she's kicking screaming and fighting X 2I'm broken I'm wounded
 I'm angry and afraid
 and a harlot is like a chain around my neck
 it's my name X2
 she's faced down
 theres tangled hair
 everywhere as she's crying in the dust
 as the dust turns to mudd on her face
 theres tangled hair
 everywhere as she's crying in the dust
 face down
 open up o open up o ground beneath me
 how long does it take to stone one harlot down
 i know the law as well as they do and i'm guilty, guilty
 an adulterer, and i know i know
 O will this day never end
 how long does it take to stone one harlot
 I am broken
 I am wounded
 I am wretched and ashamed
 and a harlot is like a chain around my neck, it's my name
 as a congregation of the righteous gather round
 they are ready to stone her down X2
 and someone from that frenzied mob
 shouts out, "let's take her to the teacher
 let's test him and see what he will say!"
 An an erruption of agreement
 as they take her by her hair
 they drag her through the city square
 theyre dragging her by her hair
 she gave up the fight like a limp rag
 they drag her through the city square
 dragging her by her hair
 she's faced down
 I am broken I am wounded
 I am angry and afraid
 and a harlot is like a chain around my neck, it's my name
 it's who i am
 open up o open up o ground beneath me
 it wasn't supposed to end this way
 but i am guilty and i know it
 i've got so many plans so much to do
 but now it's too late
 guilty and i know it
 face down
 -what is he doing-
 as the congregation of the righteous gather round
 theyre ready to stone her down
 they throw her at the feet of a teacher
 "dare i look up?
 surely they have brought me here to mock me."
 theres tangled hair
 everywhere as she's crying in the dust
 as the dust turns to mudd on her face
 theres tangled hair everywhere she's faced down in the
 dust
 inthe mudd
 and there is a hush
 and the congregation
 -what is he doing?-
 time stands still
 as the court of heaven was seated
 there is a great throne of judgement
 and there is the harlot and she is me
 face down
 looking through the tangled hair and the mudd in my eyes
 With a grimace i raise my gaze only to realize
 i am surrounded by beauty that will never be mine
 as regret like a wave came crushing over me
 -if i had only known that such beauty was available
 if i had only known but now it's too late-
 and the accuser of the brethren was pacing back and forth
 and back and forth and to and fro
 as he spat out his words
 he was going back and forth and back and forth
 he was listing off my sins one by one
 and the thing was he was telling the truth
 guilty guilty guilty guilty
 and the great count of witnesses and the angels o the
 angels
 looked on the scene
 as the accuser of the brethren was going back and forth
 glee in his eye
 guilty guilty guilty guilty
 and resounded to the corridor of eternity in time
 like a thunder in my soul
 he was right i was guilty
 guilty to eternal damnation for my soul
 and there was nothing i could there was nothing i could do
 face down
 face down
 couldn't even open my eyes
 the regret was so strong
 there's a hand on my shoulder
 a hand on my shoulder
 and i hear a voice
 like music in my ear
 "dare i look up?"
 I couldn't lift my eyes but all i saw
 Were those beautiful feet
 and i heared that voice like music
 music to my soul
 he said, "Father, I desire that she will be with me where i
 show her my glory.
 "Father, I desire this one
 this one she is mine
 she is mine
 she is mine."
 He was praying for my soul
 he was pleading for my behalf
 he was praying for me
 i couldn't comprehend it
 i couldn't understand what was going on
 "Father, I desire that everything that's mine would be hers
 and everything that's hers would bemine.
 "Father, Father, I desire this one, this one,
 she is mine
 she is mine
 she is mine."
 and all the heaven gasped unbelief
 and i opened up my eyes
 and i watched in wonder
 this beautiful one stood to his feet
 I looked up and there was a great throne and there was the
 Father
 and he had a cup of wrath with my name on it
 it had my name on it
 and i was just about to rise to drink
 guilty guilty guilty
 but i watched in unbelief
 As this beautiful one
 he walked over to his father
 and took of the cup
 and before i knew what was going on
 he drank of the cup
 he drank of the cup
 he drank of the cup of the father's wrath
 he drank of the cup of the marriage wine
 he drank of the cup with my name on it
 he drank of the cup
 and oh the blood.
 i jumped to my feet and i ran over to him and it was too
 late
 i tried to stop him but i didn't know it was too late
 and oh the blood
 Oh the blood
 Oh oh the blood
 it should have been me
 and i was weeping and weeping
 and i ran over forgetting where i was
 and i fell down
 face down down and
 o please Father crush him
 but it was too late
 i began to plead it should have been me
 it should have been me
 but it was too late
 why did he do it
 but it was too late
 and oh the blood X4
 i was weeping weeping and crying it should have been me
 it should have been me
 face down
 why did he do it? X2
 it should have been me
 was weeping and weeping
 why did he gave his life
 Oh the blood
 was weeping and weeping
 and i heard a whisper like music
 "what's yours is mine and what's mine is yours"
 i looked to the left
 i looked to the right
 and i was on a sea of glace like crystal
 there was a great great great congregation dressed in white
 from every tounge
 from every tribe
 from every people
 and the music began
 and a celebration erupted
 and i opened up my eyes
 and there was the lamb
 as though he was slain
 and i was at a wedding
 and i couldn't believe my eyes
 I looked down
 and i was dressed in garments
 garments of beauty
 and the music erupted and the angels sing hallelujah
 hallelujah the chore has broke out
 and i looked out and saw the lamb with eyes like fire
 radiating radiating with desire
 and he said what's yours is mine and what's mine is yours
 arise and sit on the throne, prepare for your beautyrise
 beauty rise, beauty rise
 and we say with one heart and one voice
 "worthy is the lamb of God
 who takes away the sins of the world"
 "oh worthy is the lamb of God
 who takes away the sins of the world"
 "worthy is the lamb of God yeah,
 who takes away the sins of the world" X2
 we will marry the lamb
 Halle halle hallelujah
 Halle halle hallelujah
 we will marry the lamb forever amen
 and worthy is the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of
 the world
 worthy is the lamb of God
 who takes away the sins of the world
 hallelujah hallelujah
 there's gonna be a wedding
 there's gonna be a wedding there's gonna be a wedding
 yeahpeople get ready
 there's gonna be a wedding
 there's gonna be a wedding there's gonna be a wedding
 people get ready 2x
 there's gonna be a wedding
 there's gonna be a wedding there's gonna be a wedding
 what's yours is mine and what's mine is yours
 who can comprehend where this is going
 he said, "beauty arise, arise, arise"