From the recording LZ by KEPHAS
Lyrics
THIS CUP<br />
<br />
I’m not making this up.<br />
The whole world’s breaking down.<br />
No one’s taking this cup<br />
From us this time around.<br />
<br />
Famines, earthquakes, disease;<br />
Still we all fake wellness. <br />
Frightened leaves, shaking trees –<br />
No savior dwells among us. <br />
<br />
Misguided patriots, <br />
Short-sighted terrorists, <br />
Flat-broke philanthropists; <br />
We’re betrayed by a kiss . <br />
<br />
I’m not making this up.<br />
The whole world’s breaking down.<br />
No one’s taking this cup<br />
From us this time around.<br />
<br />
The honest men all lie dead; <br />
They were murdered by the truth. <br />
Someone got inside their head, <br />
Plucked an eye and pulled a tooth . <br />
<br />
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, <br />
Turn toward the Easter skies. <br />
Justice is blind but not deaf; <br />
It hears all those wounded cries. <br />
<br />
I’m not making this up.<br />
The whole world’s breaking down.<br />
No one’s taking this cup<br />
From us this time around.<br />
<br />
Under the circumstances<br />
Is not where you want to live.<br />
Step out, start taking chances;<br />
You’ll get back more than you give.<br />
<br />
<br />
So near and yet so far, <br />
So clear and yet so dark, <br />
So new and yet so old, <br />
So true and yet so cold. <br />
<br />
High crimes in high places,<br />
Low-life drug suppliers;<br />
They’re all the same faces,<br />
These sellers and buyers.<br />
<br />
Streaking as they revel,<br />
Clothed in their birthday suits,<br />
High-fiving the devil -<br />
They’re his latest recruits.<br />
<br />
No one’s taking this cup<br />
From us this time around.<br />
<br />
Long ago, far away,<br />
The Man stood on a hill.<br />
So fervently he prayed -<br />
The cup is with us still.<br />
<br />
No one’s taking this cup<br />
From us this time around.<br />
<br />
Long ago, far away,<br />
The Father and Son spoke,<br />
And right around that day,<br />
The lock to Heaven broke<br />
<br />
No one’s taking this cup<br />
From us this time around.<br />
<br />
Copyright © 2006 Lex Zaleta<br />