i’m either in the garden of discontent
or being threatened with death
i remember every betrayal and every kiss
and i’ve carried those burdens ever since
all this effort to cast judgement
i lost my footing for a time
you pretended not to know me
so i looked for faces i could recognize
pronouncements were made by strangers
and yet strangers came to my aid
sticks, stones, glass, thorns, words
shape the way everything is seen
i take up the burden of you again
and lose my footing for a time
strangers come to my aid
and i am surrounded by songs of lamentation
i sing songs of lamentation
and i lose my footing for a time
everything is broken now
everything is laid bare
you promise me a kingdom
but everything is so broken now
if only we could love one another
i could leave you satisfied
i would leave you satisfied
my body transported to a new home
i hope it is all worth waiting for
tell me it is all worth waiting for
