Ocean (The)

The Grand Inquisitor II: Roots & Locusts
It is not for us to resolve things that are not of this world A world with God would be even more disturbing than a universe without him For if He tolerates atrocities If he condones such cruelty Who would want to worship such a maker anyway? They locked her up for 30 days In a dark room under the roof They broke her will with the cane She'll remember everything You are trying to save me, but perhaps I am not lost It is not God that I do not accept It's this world of God's, created by God, that I cannot agree to accept I dragged myself out to the Ocean And stared all night into the sky The only lights I saw were far below me: Black waters full of life I too lived on roots and locusts I too have been in the wilderness I too was striving to stand among They elect Among the strong and the powerful I too lived on roots and locusts I too prized the freedom with which Thou hast blessed us But I woke up and would not serve madness The kiss glows deep in his heart But the old man adheres to his idea I too lived on roots and locusts I too Aus Songtexte Mania