Jerusalem II by Kronkite published on 2025-01-13T01:55:50Z Tearing down the temple walls Bracing for the occupiers Pulling close as darkness falls Around a funeral pyre Reading from the sacred scrolls ancient words that don’t inspire Once you heed the marshal call It’s time to quit the choir Old Jerusalem is gone The guards have cut and run Heretics now reign The faith has come undone So we’ll sing a tired refrain To the cadence of a gun A longing for the days of old A fetid stew of honor spoiled A ministry beset with mold A fever rising to a boil For whence the populace is polled When all it craves is blood and soil? Vengeance takes a bitter toll Carried through this mortal coil Old Jerusalem is gone The guards have cut and run Ignorance now reigns The faith has come undone All alone in this campaign War has just begun There’s a rift in the lining of our souls The fabric is unwinding truth be told Why do we need reminding of the holes that we leave unrepaired? Pretending theres no darkness lurking there Far beyond the holy hills And high above the Temple Mount Mercy tests the strongest wills But in the end we will account ‘cause Freedom drains and freedom fills Freedom dreams and freedom doubts Freedom vexes and freedom shills Freedom sighs and freedom shouts Old Jerusalem is gone The guards have cut and run Avarice now reigns The faith has come undone Now there’s ground to be reclaimed In a fortress overrun Old Jerusalem is gone The guards have cut and run The time has come for change Let’s join again as one We’ll cast aside these old chains And greet the rising sun Genre Alternative Rock
