The Benediction (Joy To The World)

from Glory To The Newborn King by The Book-Burners

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Members of the congregation
I've lied to you today
About our many gifts, the days we live
I've led you all astray

As we look back upon the season
We see despair and greed
The victory of misery
The triumph of tragedy

As we harm the young among us
We ignore the poor
As we kill the innocent
As we pry for more

Jesus please be among us
Be our hero light
We need your days we need the raze
We need you in our fight

Jesus bring your fire
And your silence to the world
Nothing we do honors you
We must be destroyed

We need your hand upon us
The body's now on trial
Everyday we throw it away
We all bleed with Thine

Jesus bring your fire
And your silence to the world
Nothing we do honors you
We must be destroyed

Take this day and take this hour
Jesus make it known
Take your hand to every man
Destruction must be whole

Every man every woman
Every child on Earth
Burn us clean from memory
Never to return

Do not ask for our surrender
No mercy can be shown
The book is won when we are done
Jesus bring your joy to the world

We resolve to be destroyed

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from Glory To The Newborn King, released December 17, 2012

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