Oh Jerusalem

Failing to connect, 'cuz I'm morally defective
Freeing me from dust, and the superficial trust
But without me, you can do nothing
If I'm not included, then I just have to remove it
Make you a new heart and a new spirit for why would He die
But in vain they call my name, teaching doctrines just the same
Text book solutions are so improbable
With my back turned to the light
Just repent, turn from selfish motivation
Oh Jerusalem, please tell me why
Forget the proof, a generation so aloof
Are the only ones the Father will forgive

Naturally pretending

I am the vine, ye are the branches, He that live in me
Exposed by the very things that we adore
In this staged interpretation of this day
But God knoweth the heart, what man esteems as smart
From the body of this death?

Oh, wretched man that I am, who will deliver me
From the body of this death?

That thou mayest be saved from thy deception
Oh, Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness
Oh, Jerusalem, providing you no protection
By reason of the God inside my head
And whatsoever, you ask in my name He may give to you
So iniquity will not cause your demise
It's not the talkers, but the walkers in His word
Acknowledge Him, and He shall direct our paths
How long, shall thy face those lies within thee
Oh, to suggest, that my life is still a mess
I have no pleasure in the death of Him to die
God through my facade, only material
Naked as the day that I was born, I tried to hide

Perpetrating we're in covenant with Him
How long, shall thy face those lies within thee

And there's nobody I know who can help me
Trust in the Lord, with all thy heart
Submit to truth, leave the deception of thy youth
Behind education and philosophy
Justified among themselves
Walking on in darkness running from the light, ey
Wise who do evil, we don't know how to do good
Who has a different point of view than us
Says the Lord God where forth turn yourselves and live
Oh, Jerusalem, your traditions have deceived you
Of an enemy that seeks to take my breath
Who religion tells us that we should ignore
Who reveal the pride I'm hiding is what's stopping me
Abide in me and I in You, as the branch cannot bare
Oh, Jerusalem, keeping them from perfection
'Cuz I can't see past my own vanity
That thou mayest be saved from thy deception
When I played with my game of Monopoly
How long, shall thy face those lies within thee
Bringing up those things we don't want to discuss
Realizing that there's no place else to go

'Cuz everybody else is just as empty
Oh, wretched man that I am, who will deliver me
Focused on the shadow

We judge and condemn, just as ignorant as them
Oh, Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness
Oh, Jerusalem, keeping thee from perfection
Too intelligent to see it's me in the way
All this time professing to be spiritual
Believing I'm alive when I'm still dead

Led to believe, because we live in neighborhoods
Infuriated 'cuz he doesn't understand
Telling us what's going on will be alright

Only follow in the steps of the majority
What a paradox, having God trapped in a box
Oh, so repressed, so convinced that I was blessed

And lay not to thine own understanding in all thy ways
That I'm actually defending
I can't see because the world's on top of me
And I in him, the same bring forth much fruit
Hopeless explanation to describe a situation
Fruit of itself except in the vine
Limited to Earth, unable to find out my worth
Oh, Jerusalem

So we can walk in the council of authority
Oh, Jerusalem
I've chosen you, you haven't chosen me
Oh, Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness
We grin and shake hands, then lay ambush for the man
Can I even factor, that I've only been an actor
From my mind because it has to be insanity

Causing me to see, only what pertains to me

That thou mayest be saved from thy deception

Is an abomination to Emmanuel
Be not wise in thine own eyes that you can�t follow Him