When the Preacher Lied

He said the good all find their rest, With clean hands and holy chests. But I’ve seen saints with poison eyes, And sinners build their alibis.

He said the truth would set me free, But truth just came to bury me. I knelt in dirt, I prayed in vain, That cross don’t wash away this pain.

When the preacher lied, He smiled through his sin. Sold my soul for silence, Said he’d call it “discipline.” When the preacher lied, He blessed the wicked grin. Now I ride for what he hid inside, When the preacher lied.

He wore that robe like it could hide, The blood he let the guilty buy. Told me “son, the Lord forgives,” While he judged the way I live.

He built a church on borrowed bones, Said “confess” in hollow tones. But I saw gold beneath his floor, And no salvation at that door.

He told me God don’t ride with thieves… Then he stole my faith and left the keys.

When the preacher lied, He said “don’t question why.” But truth don’t fear the flame, And fire don’t ever die. When the preacher lied, The angels turned aside. Now I ride with my head held high, ’Cause I know the preacher lied.

When the preacher lied, I found my own faith in the dust. It ain’t holy, but it’s just. Yeah, when the preacher lied — I became who I must.

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