Lead us not… unto temptation
Lead us not… unto temptation
Lead us not… unto temptation

What if the earth opened up
Beneath our feet?
Then all tomorrows
Might ignite on borrowed wings
And what if we saw through
A million eyes set free?
Would we see bright light surrounding
Cleansing thee?

Lead us not
Electric barbed wire rattle out that cage
Lead us not
Endless shadows
That would bind you in blind rage
Lead us not

What if the language
That was spoken was not our own?
Then you could bless
My weary body-tongue to bone
And what if love was
But a breath while falling down?
I might think in lesser
Shades while trailing you
All from palest gray to paler blue
Now have you found it?
Do you like it?
Yes, I do

What if I sucked you to dry fault
And what if you let me?
Would you because
What I no longer wished to see?
Empty core, obsidian
An iridescent red fire strangling you
And what if every dream
You left behind was plausible?
Then time would tear
Itself asunder, nasty wound
A splitting image
Jagged members dead too soon
What if you were not yourself
But bigger than?
Then I would surely fall
In love with you… again

Lead us not… unto temptation