The Tears of Things

Lyrics

There's no start to this storyAnd I can see no endTo young men hearing voicesWhisper in the wind I woke up made of marbleA shepherd boy in shockMichelangelo release meFrom a single block I'm David, the giant killerWith heart-shaped eyes I was naked as a soldierFar from my mother's cries [Chorus] And the tears of things The tears of thingsRising like a flood The tears of things The tears of thingsI'd cry them if I could [Verse 2] Was it you, Lord, I was listening to? You didn't say much You said, "Let my fingers form you Be fashioned by my touch Be open to be broken As every heart that sings No voice and drum can overcome A symphony of strings" You said, "You'd make of me an instrument For melody and word" I wonder as things fall asunder Was it really you I heard [Chorus] Or the tears of things? The tears of things Songs made out of rain The tears of things The tears of things Here we go again [Verse 3] Mussolini came to see meA shadow by his side Church bells ring, a vanishing Then the vanishing denied Six million voices silencedIn just four years The silent song of ChristendomSo loud, everybody hears Before the roar, before the blast The stench and shame There's a howling, wailing sound That screams your name I'm David, not GoliathI was born in Bethlehem Now there is no usIf there is no them My eyes were burned from all I learned There were things I can't unsee In this, your holy war There's nothing holy here for me [Chorus] But the tears of things The tears of things Rising like a flood The tears of things The tears of things I'd cry them if I could [Bridge] If you put a man into a cage and rattle it enoughA man becomes the kind of rage that cannot be locked upNo, it cannot be locked upNo, it cannot be locked up Dear God, you made us so you wouldn't be aloneEvery heart is exiled until a heart gets homeDon't send us back to stoneDon't send us back to stone [Verse 4] I was made for worship Before I spoke I sang Songs of grief, of disbelief How a woman can love a man The naked song, the sacred song That every soldier fears 'Cause when people go 'round talking to GodIt always ends in tears [Chorus] Yeah, the tears of things The tears of things Let the desert be unfrozen The tears of things The river sings Who would choose to be chosen? [Outro] River, sea and mountain Desert, dust and snow Everybody is my people Let my people go