Verse
Merely Children
Jeremy Hurtt•
one might find the far shore
Verse 1
She came rollinShe came angryShe broke white like the strikes she foretoldShe held watch over the skylineKept the searchers deep in her holdThey'd lashed together branchesThe elders announced it was timeAs they set out on her vastnessAwash in wonder, woven with twine
Bridge
For every ten that take their leaveOne might find the far shoreBetter to die just short of reprieveThan to cower at eternity's door
Chorus
We were merely childrenBefore an angry GodTaking what was givenFrom the salt and from the sodThere's manna for the chosenWhere the faithless fear to trodIn the footsteps of the childrenBefore an angry God
Bridge
For every ten that take their leaveOne might find the far shoreBetter to die just short of reprieveThan to cower at eternity's door
Verse 2
She came silentShe came foreignShe was taught by the smartest of menShe held watch over the corpusKept the secrets of SalahuddinThey'd lashed together languageCreation that shown its own signAs they set out against the apesAwash in wonder, with nothing but time
Bridge
For every muse that finds the manOne might find the far shoreEverything was at our handsBut for wisdom, at eternity's door
Chorus
We were merely childrenBefore an angry GodTaking what was givenFrom the salt and from the sodThere's manna for the chosenWhere the faithless fear to trodIn the footsteps of the childrenBefore an angry God There's manna for the monarchsEmerging from the flawedAnd disappearing childrenBefore an angry God Replaced by these, our childrenBut for wisdom, we were Gods
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