[Spoken Word Intro] Open up the ledger to the fifth station on the track The letter to the church of Sardis, where the dead cannot turn back [Rap Verse] And unto the angel of the letter to the church in Sardis write These things saith He that hath the seven Spirits of God and stars of light I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou liv-est, and art dead Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, as the word hath said That are ready to die, for I have not found thy works perfect before God Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard upon the sod And hold fast, and repent of the routine that froze up the flame If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee just the same [Heavy Country Rock Chorus] I will come on thee as a thief in the dark of the night! And thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thy light! Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their clothes! And they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy as it goes! Yeah the judgment is coming, the reformation stall, The writing is clear on the dead church wall! [Rap Verse] Yo, the fifth era of Church history woke up from the medieval sleep But they built a cold structure that the spirit couldn't keep A name that is living but a heart that is cold as the stone A political system sitting separate from the throne He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment clear And I will not blot out his name out of the book, let the land hear But I will confess his name before my Father and His angels high The warning to Sardis echoing under the winter sky [Heavy Country Rock Chorus] I will come on thee as a thief in the dark of the night! And thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thy light! Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their clothes! And they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy as it goes! Yeah the judgment is coming, the reformation stall, The writing is clear on the dead church wall! [Rap Bridge] He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the state Before the thief comes walking through the locked-up outer gate Hold fast to the fragment that is fighting to stay alive The remnant of the faithful that is chosen to survive [Spoken Word Outro] The letter to the church in Sardis, the fifth empire under hand A form of godliness but no power left in the land The institutional dead end, marching through the night Watch and be ready Lost to the wind [End]
