MAN HAVE YOU FALLEN

Once you had many stories
Once you had many tales
You never knew their meaning
But they protected you without fail

Once you had a talisman
An oath of true device
To guide you through fire and fury
So you never need fear twice

About the angel’s ladder
And the fiery wheel
The flocks and farms of your enemy
With his sword of hammered steel

Man have you fallen?
Did you turn away?
From the one that loved
Before he left that day

And Ezekial stood upon the stone
He opened up his hands
Forsaking creation
For a barren land

And the hosannahs of the choirs
All along the way
Sang praises in tongues revealed
To them that watched that day

And the earth gave up her children
The air was filled with song
An angel band surrounded them
And quickly they were gone

Man have you fallen?
Did you turn away?
From the one that loved
Before he left that day

With utterance, in witness
Beneath the silver sun
They gave thanks at daybreak
For all their gods had done

And the forge of all creation
Groaned beneath the sky
Bringing forth great beauty
Whose truth could never die

Man have you fallen?
Did you turn away?
From the one that loved
Before he left that day