As soon as the rain stops falling down
Seems the tower starts going up
Always looking to make our own higher ground
Instead of looking for an ark
Idols in Ur, just like my fathers
Child of curse, as all of the others
A man without a future, a man without a home
A man among the masses, residing in this tomb
Abram, Abram, where are you, who are you
Where’s your son
And you, you stepped into my world
Stepped over the threshold of darkness around me
(Abram, Abram, leave your father’s house,
Abram, Abram, leave your father’s gods)
Stripped off the graveclothes, the cycle that bound me
And you said, follow me to a country not your own
You said, follow me and I will show you home
Follow me now, follow me blind
Follow me home
It’s only a word, but it is mine
So I went out, where was I going
Who am I now, when will you show me
A mystery for a future, a stranger in the land
A fistful of uncertain, like fire in your hand
There’s fire in your hand
There’s fire in your hand
As you come down from heaven
Fire in your hand upon this land of Sodom
Fire in your hand, and only one man escapes alive
Is this the way of all the earth
Nothing but death, is there no birth
Where is the promise that you made
Where is the promise that I heard
Do you laugh at my words, laugh until there’s tears
You will laugh so much more
(laugh when I return)
At this time next year
A father to the nations
(a father to the world)
I’ll call you Abraham
(I’ll give you all this land)
Through your generations, like fire in your hand
Fire in your hand, the power of a promise
Fire in your hand, walk and be blameless
Take fire in your hand, tie up the promise
Give it back to the Giver
You don’t understand, you go up the mountain
And there’s none to deliver
This is the end, this is my son, this is my land
This is the end, this fire in my hand is doing me in
And there on the altar the promise is lying
Gazing back with frightened eyes
And here is his father, his old eyes are crying
To hold back this sacrifice
Hold it back, hold it back, hold everything
You promised the fire of life
But this fire in my hand is a knife
But you, you stepped into my world
Stepped into my nightmare,
a nightmare that drowned me
A ram on Moriah, the promise rebounding
And you said spare your son (spare your son)
Cause now is not the time (now is not the time)
You said spare your son (this is not the son I require)
And I will give up mine
This is the promise that you made
This is the promise that I heard
Can’t hold back the sacrifice (this is the promise)
Can’t hold it back (for the sake of the promise)
Can’t hold it back, can’t hold it back
Can’t hold back the sacrifice
For the life of the world
There’s fire in your hand
As you come down from heaven
For the life of the world, for the life of me
Fire in your hand
Can’t hold it back, can’t hold it back
Can’t hold back the sacrifice
