Terry Mills

Lyrics

Paradise

All of my turns, miscalculations, over and over again
The sum of zero and despair
All on my terms, with nothing to show for all my dodgy ideas
The sum of zero; the sum of zero and despair

Slippery slope, sliding around; bobbing and weaving, ducking about
The sum of zero and despair
Never took home an honest day’s wage; took from everyone else
The sum of zero, the sum of zero and despair
Here we are, three men condemned, hanging side by side
Two are charged for the thieves that we are, but this other man………….
I’ve heard about him, he’s the rabbi that everyone wanted to kill
Their violent hatred falls on him
Barrabas went free. That’s what they wanted. Crush the rabbi for good.
The cowards are mocking; their cowardly mocking falls on him.

How can one be so disconnected, so abandoned by God?
And still, somehow, be connected?
How is it possible in all of this pain for him to see me, me to hear him
And yet the Spirit is resting on the rejected….
Lord, can it be you give paradise to me, and I’d be remembered?
I’d be remembered
And for the first time in my life; For the first time in my life
I will rest in heavenly peace.