[title: WHAT IF HE TARRIED] [Intro] [Cold wind] [Distant sea] [Old acoustic guitar] [Long Instrumental] [Verse 1] [Female] He left the nets When Jesus said come Salt on his hands And nowhere to run He leaned on His breast He stood by the cross He ran to the tomb And looked inside Then by the sea Peter turned And saw him following Lord And what shall this man do [Silence] If I will That he tarry Till I come What is that to thee Follow thou me [Long Instrumental] [Hook] [Female] What if he tarried What if he tarried Not the flesh Not the name What if something Waited in the Word For open eyes To see again What if he tarried What if he tarried [Silence] Jesus never said He would not die [Long Instrumental] [Verse 2] [Female] Then John grew old And the island came Patmos wind And the great Voice spoke Write So the fisherman wrote Churches Candlesticks Thrones A Lamb A dragon A woman A beast Then seven thunders Opened their mouths His hand was ready [Silence] Write them not And John obeyed Some things crossed the page Some things stayed With God [Long Instrumental] [Hook] [Female] What if he tarried What if he tarried Not the flesh Not the name What if something Waited in the Word For open eyes To see again What if he tarried What if he tarried [Silence] What is that to thee Follow thou me [Long Instrumental] [Verse 3] [Female] Two thousand years The pages stayed Generation after generation Read the same words Some searched Some mocked Some waited Some never looked again But the testimony Never needed John's old hands The words were already written What if tarrying Was never ours To explain What if these last days Open ancient words Without changing One of them Not another gospel Not another book Not another John The same testimony The same Jesus The same command Follow thou me [Long Instrumental] [Bridge] [Female] We will not say He did not die For Jesus Did not say it We will not name What God left hidden We will not write What God said seal What You revealed We will search What You concealed We leave with You If something tarried You know If something wakes You know If these are the days— [Silence] You know [Long Instrumental] [Final Hook] [Female] What if he tarried What if he tarried Not the flesh Not the name From salted hands To sealed thunders Still the testimony Remains What is that to thee Follow thou me [Silence] Lord Our minds are open Teach us what is written Nothing more Nothing less [Long Instrumental] [Hard Stop] Jesus is the Lord.
