Print

I saw the desert wind Tear across the wilderness I felt it blowing off the page The teacher told me, "Son, Always remember this" And I have always been afraid I read about the God of Moses Roaring in the holy cloud It shook my bedroom window panes I did not understand then I do not understand now I don't expect you to explain You've been a mystery since the moment that I met you You never move but I can never seem to catch you The Cornerstone You said to eat your flesh Before you broke the bread and blessed it Before you poured the wine for every man This is a hard, hard teaching Can any man accept it? Can any sage here understand? You turned the tables over SongtexteThere in your father's temple You cracked a whip and raised a shout My daughter asked me why I said, "Love is never simple It draws 'em in and drives 'em out." I saw you there but it was too late to change my course And I collided with a beautiful immovable force And so the stone that I rejected It has become the Cornerstone All the maps were drawn But the maps were wrong The stars spin around Another sun All the maps were drawn But the maps were wrong The rivers are running from The Cornerstone And you looked me in the eye and fixed me with a permanent stare I met your gaze and saw the forges of the firmament there The Cornerstone And the floods come up And the rains come down Aus Songtexte Mania