Lyrics 11

More lyrics from the notebook. A few words were changed. It was/is written for a folk metal kind of tune. So yes, this was definitely influenced by Holy Blood. It's worth noting, in case there were confusion, that in the third verse, God isn't talking to the new Jerusalem, the city talked about in Revelation 21, but rather the earthly one. While Jerusalem is name-dropped here, this whole song applies to most of the world, not just one city.

Following traditions of
The scribes and pharisees
You stone the prophets, keep tradition
Your children you mislead

Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
For the wrong side you fight
Your house is left to you desolate
So saith Jesus Christ, saying

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem
How often I have longed
To take your children under my wing,
But willing you were not

Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
How often I have longed
To take your children under my wing,
But willing you were not"

The modern age, so turn the page
What do we see today?
A planet of misguided souls
All being led astray

The prophets of today all look,
And read the word of God
And wonder as the look around
At all the land beyond

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
How often I have longed
To take your children under my wing,
But willing you were not

Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
How often I have longed
To take your children under my wing,
But willing you were not"

And one day when the world shall end
And old things pass away
New Heaven and new Earth come and
Lead no one else astray

And all the souls who kept the faith
Will come and gladly sing
As God comforts His children
Taking them all under wing, saying

"Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
How often I have longed
To take your children under my wing,
But willing you were not

Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
How often I have longed
To take your children under my wing,
But willing you were not."