Track 2: Fear Strikes Mankind

Another song from the early years of our inception. There are two parts to it. The second part was developed over the years. Fear Part I is the story of Abraham and Isaac from the Old Testament. Abraham has to sacrifice Isaac under God’s command. So the story is told from both Abraham and Isaac’s viewpoint. The song is about faith and the struggle between not wanting to do something and the duty of having to do something. It’s an existential question about whether there is a purpose to this. Like, would God not allow this evil to be carried out? Is there a purpose? Fear II is about organized religion and the question of whether or not we are serving the purpose of God by following the purpose of the Church.

We walked in silence,
And up the hill as son and father
To that sacred place
We walked, we didn’t talk
About the end
My face was clear
I wondered if what I believed was true

And on,
The summit
The sacrifice was due.

Why this vengeance?
Why this love?

Don’t let, your dagger fall,
I’ll let your faith stand tall
I’ll walk the hill,
I’ll walk for you.
I’m ready to be sacrificed
My love for you and love for God,
Still hoping that what I believed was true.

And on
The summit,
The sacrifice was due

And then my hand was stopped.

It’s been several years,
Still we haven’t understood;
The war against aggression,
The war against another book

And who wrote the Word for you,
And which mouth piece said,
“The end is nigh!
There’s much to do!
It’s us or them
Who would you choose?”

And still they write the words for you,
And still they claim that they
Are guided by your divine light,
To lead us to our divine right

And they congregate,
And so they sit and plot
The sufferance of humankind
The chosen bloom;
The others rot

Can you see from where You are?
Are we numbered like the stars?
We’ve been trampled for too long
The high price of divination.