《Stained Glass》歌词

[00:00:00] Stained Glass - Danny Schmidt

[00:00:15] It was thirty days til Easter

[00:00:16] When the elm tree hit the church

[00:00:19] Thank God it fell on Friday

[00:00:20] Cause at least no one was hurt

[00:00:23] But there was fear it might delay

[00:00:25] The second coming of the lord

[00:00:27] Cause the stained glass crucifixion

[00:00:29] Was in stains upon the floor

[00:00:46] They spent a day of cleaning

[00:00:47] And a day to board the hole

[00:00:50] Where the stained glass once

[00:00:51] Had cast a godly light upon the fold

[00:00:54] But come the Sunday service

[00:00:56] All the faces now were gray

[00:00:58] And they commenced to

[00:00:59] Take donations as the faithful knelt to pray

[00:01:17] But on Monday they discovered

[00:01:19] That the man who'd built the glass

[00:01:21] Was the only man in town

[00:01:23] Who could and sadly he had passed

[00:01:26] But his father who was ninety

[00:01:27] Said the tools were in the shed

[00:01:29] And he'd kindly try

[00:01:31] And resurrect the window from the dead

[00:01:49] The congregation argued

[00:01:50] But the wise ones all rejoiced

[00:01:53] In the one hand was solution

[00:01:55] In the other was no choice

[00:01:57] And they gave the man their blessings

[00:01:59] And they gave his hand a shake

[00:02:01] And they gave him all the coins they

[00:02:03] Had collected on their plate

[00:02:20] It was seven days til Easter

[00:02:22] And they'd seen a hide nor hair

[00:02:25] So they came and knocked

[00:02:26] At suppertime in hopes the man was there

[00:02:29] But a banging from the basement

[00:02:31] Was 'bout all that they could hear

[00:02:33] And curses that might

[00:02:34] Make the devil blush and wash his ears

[00:02:52] Come first thing easter morning

[00:02:53] And to everyone's good grace

[00:02:56] The man was up on ladders

[00:02:58] With the window nailed in place

[00:03:00] It was covered in black velvet

[00:03:02] Like a hood or like a veil

[00:03:04] He pulled the sheet and there

[00:03:06] It hung apocryphal and frail

[00:03:23] The seams had melted jagged

[00:03:24] They were crooked like a spine

[00:03:27] The glass was rough like hands of man

[00:03:29] Against the hands of time

[00:03:32] And there was bloodstains in the red

[00:03:33] And there were teardrops in the blue

[00:03:36] He said: It may not be the best

[00:03:37] But it's the best that I can do

[00:03:54] The chapel fell to silence

[00:03:56] It was more than just surprise

[00:03:59] As the monstrosity of color slid

[00:04:01] Its tongue across their eyes

[00:04:04] And they shivered from exposure

[00:04:05] Like babies born again

[00:04:08] Cause in every pane of glass

[00:04:10] Was all the joy and pain of man

[00:04:25] There was every fearful smile

[00:04:27] There was every joyful tear

[00:04:30] There was each and every choice

[00:04:32] That leads from every there to here

[00:04:34] There was every cosy stranger

[00:04:37] And every awkward friend

[00:04:39] And there was every perfect night

[00:04:41] That's left initials in the sand

[00:04:44] There was every day that filled so full

[00:04:46] The weeks would float away

[00:04:47] And there was all those days spent wondering

[00:04:49] What to do with all those days

[00:04:52] There was every lie that ever

[00:04:53] Saved the truth from being shamed

[00:04:55] And every secret you could

[00:04:57] Ever trust a friend to hide away

[00:04:59] There was the fortune of

[00:05:00] Discovering a new face you might adore

[00:05:03] And the thrill of coming home

[00:05:04] To find her clothes upon the floor

[00:05:07] And the prideful immortality

[00:05:09] Of children in the home

[00:05:11] That the storm can't grind the mountain down

[00:05:13] It can only shift the stones

[00:05:15] And there was everything your mouth

[00:05:16] Says that your lips don't understand

[00:05:18] And every shape inside your head

[00:05:20] You can't carve with your hands

[00:05:22] And every slice of glass revealed

[00:05:24] Another slice of life

[00:05:26] Emblazened imperfections

[00:05:28] In a perfect stream of light

[00:05:30] It all flooded through the window

[00:05:32] Like rapids made of fire

[00:05:34] And then God rode through on sunshine

[00:05:36] And sat down cause he was tired

[00:05:39] He was tired

[00:05:54] As the thunder and the hardwood

[00:05:56] Settled back into its place

[00:05:59] God removed his veil

[00:06:00] And there were scars across his face

[00:06:04] And some folks prayed in reverence

[00:06:06] And some folks prayed in fear

[00:06:09] As all the shades and chaos

[00:06:11] In the glass became a mirror