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Written by Kenny Rice, Matt LeFevers, and Jackie LeFevers. Copyright 2013.

Lines referenced from Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Act 2 Scene 2, Act 3 Scene 3, Act 4 Scene 4, Act 5 Scene 1) and the Gospel of Matthew (chapter 24 verse 36, chapter 25 verses 1-13).

lyrics

O, I am but a rogue and peasant slave! An empty vessel with a mouth stopped up with clay. Of one part wisdom and three parts cowardice I’m made. I may have cause and will but can’t seem to summon strength.

And who can know, save Heaven, where our souls may stand? This hesitation holds me fast; the roots close in above my head. And tell me, who above the ground can see the end? Even the angels are not told the day and hour. We dare not waste this moment.

We are worn down not by the days but by despair. Entombed by calendars and clocks we gasp for air. The weight that drags us to the dust will break us worse than even three and twenty years beneath the earth.

Come, gather oil to burn… the night is falling fast. Cast off this clinging doubt, the time has come to act. Come, wake the watchers, we will not be caught asleep. Stand up and raise your eyes. Discard this disbelief.

credits

from The Light That Shines Into Our Graves, released October 1, 2013
Kenny Rice: bass guitar, glockenspiel, shakers.
Matt LeFevers: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, keyboards.
Jackie LeFevers: vocals.
Zack LeFevers: drums, triangle.

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