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In A Desert Place

by Eggs on Mars

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1.
For a moment it was paradise Built our homes along the riverside We went forth and we multiplied Joseph’s children’s we were Israelites The cities Ramses and Pithom Raised in chains by our peoples’ hands Praying nightly for a champion To bring us to the promised land
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Ever since I was born just wondering where I belong Never quite right but not quite complete wrong Everything I tried not quite was it should be Never sure if it’s this place or if it's me But I know one day they’ll see Everything that bothers me And the pain that I have seen And they’ll see what bothers me Got nothing for love for this place where I was born Just what that means to me I’m completely torn What defines a man and describes a source What directs a river when it’s on its course But I know one day they’ll see Everything that bothers me And the pain that I have seen And they’ll see what bothers me
3.
Long for what’s not yours Know that it’s all unjust Hear words without their truth There’s no one you can trust Take everything you please Leave nothing but some dust You’ve fallen into her snare You can’t control your lust Tried not to fall I broke them all And since the fall I broke them all I had to crawl To reach the wall And since the fall I broke them, I broke them all Quickly hide your blood-stained hands Conceal your crimson blade Don’t fear authorities There’s no one you’ve obeyed Forget those rituals From which you’ve surely strayed Don’t give a thought to them You’ve never kneel to pray Tried not to fall I broke them all And since the fall I broke them all I had to crawl To reach the wall And since the fall I broke them, I broke them all Please don’t cast me thy presence How shall I be their deliverance Please look past all these transgressions For you know my good intentions Just one fall Just one trip Is all it took For me to fall low
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Who am I that I’ve been chosen To do this task you’ve laid on me Always falter when I’ve spoken How will their ears be turned to me Who made ears that they should listen Who formed mouths that they might speak? I am the one who sends you Staff in hand no longer weak How I am to believe this A flame that can’t be smothered down I shall come no further For I walk on holy ground Rulers will give their attention A mighty hand will be above But if they ask for demonstration Turn the river into blood Don’t send me Lord don’t send me I cannot speak Don’t send me Lord don’t send me Your servant’s weak Don’t send me Lord don’t send me Don’t make me go Don’t send me Lord don’t send me If you say so
5.
Tell me can’t hear our pleas Won’t you set these people free We’ve been slaving laboriously Bent down in our agony Thought that your authority Could lead to remedy To resolve this misery Are you blind why can’t you see? Heed this wisdom I impart But somethings hardened your heart I am the advocacy To end all your tyranny We won’t complacency We wait for delivery For this evil treachery We slave insubstantially We demand some decency Can’t you show us some mercy? Heed this wisdom I impart But somethings hardened your heart If you do not set us free You will face calamity You’ll be punished severely And see your mortality Better heed this ministry Or meet with catastrophe You will be viciously Exposing iniquity Heed this wisdom I impart But somethings hardened your heart
6.
Who are you to take everything I own How dare you speak to me while I am on this throne I don’t know your god so why should I obey Or listen to a single word you have to say River turn red, water to blood No use to tred in the foul flood River turn red, water to blood Drink of the dead, banks crimson mud But he won’t hear my plea, surely he can see He won’t won’t hear my plea, surely he can see Rotting flesh in fields is this sacrifice All our toiled land full of cursed lice Rotting flesh in fields wounds ravage our skin Oh what have we done to have been done in But he won’t hear my plea, surely he can see He won’t won’t hear my plea, surely he can see You thought you’ve seen something but just wait cuz here comes more Lightning lighting up the sky and hail clouds come to pour Shaking through the thunder crash kiss your loved one farewell Cannot shield them through the downpour spiraling through hell But he won’t hear my plea, surely he can see He won’t won’t hear my plea, surely he can see Don’t take him from me, he’s all I’ve known Forgive my hard heart, hardly seen what’s shown Swiftly in the darkness, no blood was shed When I try to wake him, no raising the dead
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Sing praises to the Lord He has triumphed gloriously The horse and his rider Has been thrown into the sea The Lord is my strength and salvation He brought us to the other side And saved us from certain destruction And washed up our foes in the tide Sing praises to the Lord He has triumphed gloriously The horse and his rider Has been thrown into the sea The raging of the mighty waters Oh how the current it was blown He has saved our sons and daughters And how those chariots sink like stones Sing praises to the Lord He has triumphed gloriously The horse and his rider Has been thrown into the sea
8.
400 years we’ve sweat and slaved We’ve been led here our desert grave 400 years this our reward To be of thirst or by the sword Did we come here to die in the desert Led to ruin by this foolish escort Did we come here to die in the desert Have we been blindly led here to die Our fathers told of promised lands But all I see are desolate sands Our fathers cried in agony Dear brothers cast into the sea Did we come here to die in the desert Led to ruin by this foolish escort Did we come here to die in the desert Have we been blindly led here to die No graves are there in the desert Why heed this foolish escort Did we come here to die
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Mount Sinai 04:28
There on the third moon I saw them gather Standing in front of me I heard a voice as it called down my shoulder I’ve carried you now obey I felt a cloud as it sank the heavens So all believe endlessly I watched them as they all kept a distance No hands were laid on me Who is this a top me What’s that he said I heard a degree Rind through my head I felt the footsteps treading back down me Face shining like the sun Blinding the eyes of those in the valley Waiting to hear what was won Then I saw the clouds burst Shudder with lightning Thundering down from the sky Breathed in the smoke As it surrounds me All of this send from on high Who is this a top me What’s that he said I heard a degree Ring through my head Third day when the ram’s horns sound They approach me Third day when the ram’s horns sound I’m trembling They built an altar used twelve pillar Set it all at my feet They took their oxen and blood-filled basins All for an offering Who is this atop me What’s he received They’re all consecrated Been washed all clean Who’s this a top me What’s he to me I am only a mountain
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released March 15, 2018

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Eggs on Mars Kansas City, Missouri

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