If one of them had understood
if one of them had known
each one of the apostles would
have cast the first stone
They laid him out in honour
They laid him on his bed
decided they would eat his flesh
decided he was dead
But still he lived among them
yet no one knew his name
his eyes were sunken back
and swallowed up in pain
Abraham's children
10,000 strong that day
inherited the past
then cast it all away
Judas was a preacher who
sat upon his throne
and laughed in merriment
as he stroked his band of gold
and counted all the money
and counted all the heads
And Abraham's children cried over his death
Who do you look to god for who do you understand
who do you believe was truly son of man
Look into the ocean the sea has it's own ways
and the stars need no disciples to send them to their graves
Bereft and lost we seem but are we really free
Can we learn to stand without the guilt that colours all we dream
Abraham's children increased their force of arms
then threw them in the water
and burned them in the sand
the sky will be their dwelling place without the plans of man
And who will walk before us
And who will walk alone
And who will take the prophet's hand
and lead him to his tomb
