pivot of the ages ..

who hangs there naked in shame      ?

what wickedness has he done      ?
what violence
what evil
?

who has he injured      ?
who has he murdered
who has he raped
what has he stolen
what bond did he break
?

was it you he assaulted      ?
your mother that he killed
your brother that he murdered
your sister that he raped
?

did he take your stuff as if it was his own      ?
did he lie to deceive
remove you from your throne
?

when did you discover you needed his life gone   ?
displayed in death
   humiliated
   torn ..
?
..


wait .. it wasn't you   ?
then who   ?
who
?

who found him in the temple   ?
   disrupting business as usual
who hated him for saying
   we were doing it all wrong
who is it the people honor with palms
   not knowing what they do
who is it that ran away
   and left him for the high priest's crew
who was it that crowed to the sunrise
   pretending him they never knew
?

who left him all alone      who left him all alone
   all alone
o   o      o
..

but the women knew       the women knew

or even if they didn't know they stood by him with him for him
holding him in their heart
their mind twisted in anguish
   as they regard his twisted form
      through swollen eyes

that this one       this one
   could die so       could die so
o      O      ooo
..


and now he waits in Hades Halls
talking with departed souls
and tomorrow the harrow
the blessed harrowing of hell
..

praise be to God who makes all things new
through this one
this triumphant human      Jesus      the Christ

blessed be his name
..

the cock will crow tomorrow morn
   welcoming the sun to a brand new age
   as the Son of Man walks out the tomb resplendent
      in his new body
         never before worn
            by anyone
            anywhere
            ever

and Mary waits
she can't let go       she can't let go     
she can't believe he's gone ..
o      Oooo      ooo

but soon she will know him again ..

that voice       that voice
same voice that spoke the universe into being
   will call her name in love

Hope has arrived in person
and we cannot deny it
..

and all creation waits
oo oo oo ..
   to be released from corruption
      into the glorious freedom of God's children


and the Son of Man waits
he can't let go      he can't let go
he won't let go      he won't let go
O! O! O!