Matthias Replaces Judas - Showbread
VERSE 1
E C#m
It is so that my transgressions have born a withered fruit
A B
The sun has scorched the rising plants, alas they have no root
E C#m
The bleached bones of animals bound by leather strips
A B
Dance through the air with laughter as I wield this wicked whip
INTERLUDE 1
E - Bm - C#m - Bm
E - Bm - C#m - Bm
VERSE 2
As you did warn me carpenter, this world has weakened my heart
So easily I disparage, self-seeking the work of my art
And there you have come to me, at the moment I bathe in my sorrow
So in love with myself, sought after avoiding tomorrow
VERSE 3
Where do you find the love to offer he who betrays you?
And offer to wash my feet as I offer to disobey you
Your beauty does bereave me, and how my words do fail
So faithfully and dutifully I award you with betrayal
INTERLUDE 2
E - B - C#m - B
E - B - C#m - B
E - C#m - A - C#m - B
E - C#m - A - B
VERSE 4
C#m A
The weak and the down trodden fall on broken legs
E G#m
As I walk past a smile I cast, fervor in my stead
C#m A
But my bones like plastic, do buckle backward now
E G#m
I lay in this field by Judas, anticipate the plow
VERSE 5
E A
I can not be forgiven; my wages will be paid
C#m B
For those more lovely and admirable is least among the saved
E A
And where would I fit, Jesus? What place is left for me?
C#m B E
The price of atonement is more than I've found to offer up as my plea
INTERLUDE 3
E - D#m - C#m - B
E - D#m - C#m - B
VERSE 6
E G#m C#m Bm
Jesus my heart is all I have to give to you, so weak and so unworthy
E G#m C#m
This simply will not do, no alabaster jar, no diamond in the rough
Bm E
For your body that was broken, how can this be enough?
G#m C#m
by me you were abandoned, by me you were betrayed
Bm E
Yet in your arms and in your heart forever I have stayed
G#m C#m
Your glory illuminates my life, and no darkness will descend
Bm E
For you have lived forever, and your love will never end
OUTRO
E - D#m - C#m - B - E
