In the heat of the night they assembled 
A prophecy to enact and the earth trembled 
Do you take this Christ to be your man 
And You this bride to fulfill your plan 
Seven diamonds in a ring and the bride was won 
In the name of the Father and the Son 

What happened then is forever sealed 
And will never in public be revealed 
The cock was heard to crow 'least twice 
Did the bride have to pay the price? 
And give the most holy grail for fun 
In the name of the Father and the Son 

//When God asked Abraham to kill 
His beloved Isaac, it was God's will 
Abe took the knife to slay his son 
God said, NO, let the boy run 
But someone didn't hear the change of plan 
That was made by God and his man// 

With moon and stars and angels out of sight 
The evil scheme was set one night 
A nurserymaid just a pawn in the game 
Was the one that was chosen to aim 
Not once but twice she fired the gun 
In the name of the Father and the Son 

The wife of a priest took the bullets in her bed 
A neighbouring friend in his head. 
She, didn't wake from her sleep that night 
He, lost a part of his face without fight 
The rooster crowed and the night was done 
In the name of the Father and the Son 

When life is caught in the sight of a gun
The Reaper does what has to be done
In many late hours I've tried to understand
The mysterious work of my Father's hand
The good and the evil, the light and the dark
The eternal curse of that ancient mark


Copyright © 2009 Göran Gustafsson. All rights reserved

Thou shalt not kill. - Exodus 20:13

I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. - Revelation 21:2

"The sign on my body
could have been an emblem or a stain,
the keys to the kingdom or the mark of Cain."
(Annie Dillard - Pilgrim At Tinker Creek)