Scandalon

VERSE 1

THE SEERS AND THE PROPHETS HAVE FORETOLD IT LONG AGO

THAT THE LONG AWAITED ONE WOULD MAKE MEN STUMBLE

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A KING TO CONQUER AND TO KILL

WHO’D HAVE EVER THOUGHT HE’D BE SO MEEK AND HUMBLE

CHORUS

HE WILL BE THE TRUTH THAT WILL OFFEND THEM ONE AND ALL

A STONE THAT MAKES MEN STUMBLE AND A ROCK THAT MAKES THEM FALL

MANY WILL BE BROKEN SO THAT HE CAN MAKE THEM WHOLE

AND MANY WILL BE CRUSHED AND LOSE THEIR OWN SOUL

VERSE 2

ALONG THE PATH OF LIFE THERE LIES A STUBBORN SCANDALON

AND ALL WHO COME THIS WAY MUST BE OFFENDED

TO SOME HE IS A BARRIER TO OTHERS HE’S THE WAY

FOR ALL SHOULD KNOW THE SCANDAL OF BELIEVING

SPOKEN WORD.  (A—B—C#m—E—B/D#:3x     A—B—C#m)

GIVE EAR TO MY VOICE THIS VOICE YOU APPREHENDED

I’VE BEEN RUINED BY YOUR LOVE MY LIFE’S BEEN UPENDED 

YOU’RE COMING BACK TO US JUST THE WAY YOU ASCENDED

I FIX MY EYES ON THE PRIZE TO NOT BE OFFENDED

CAUSE YOU TRUTH CAN CUT BETWEEN THE BONE AND THE MARROW

IT’S NOT EAST WALKING DOWN THIS ROAD THAT IS NARROW

I’M ASKED TO EAT YOUR FLESH AND DRINK YOUR BLOOD

TO BELIEVE IN A PREGNANT VIRGIN AND A WORLD WIDE FLOOD

SO EASY TO BE OFFENDED YOUR LOVE PROVES ME WRONG

ONLY BY YOUR GRACE I FOLLOW THE HOLY SCANDALON

VERSE 3

IT SEEMS TODAY THE SCANDALON OFFENDS NO ONE AT ALL

THE IMAGE WE PRESENT CAN BE STEPPED OVER

COULD IT BE THAT WE ARE LIKE THE OTHERS LONG AGO

WILL WE EVER LEARN THAT ALL WHO COME MUST STUMBLE