Asleep On Holy Ground

Lyrics

A stone for a pillow As hard as his head He slept on holy ground The dreaming deceiver He dreamt of a ladder With angels up and down And the ladder was a way The stairway was a sign The gates of heaven opened wide Revealing the Divine Asleep on holy ground he lay Oblivious to the night Inside his head and heart Were full of inexpressible light Soon he would be confronted By the friend that we most fear Asleep on holy ground he lay Deceitful blessed seer The dream that he dreamt Now transformed to a nightmare As he wrestled with a man The unearthly power Of his beloved opponent Made Jacob understand That the wrestling was the way The struggle was the sign He limped away his lesson learned Now Israel was defined He limped away on holy ground Awakened from the dream Having learned his costly lesson From the way of the Nazarene That pain's the path to blessing Love will fight us to be found And God remains a dream to those Who sleep on holy ground He limped away on holy ground Awakened from the dream He learned his costly lesson From the way of the Nazarene That pain's the path to blessing Love will fight us to be found And God remains a dream to those Who sleep on holy ground