The Lamb, The Vine & The Bride

Eight hundred years of running Golden calves and broken vows You told Hosea take her home So he’d know how it feels somehow Love that keeps on coming back To a heart that won’t stay down You didn’t burn the vineyard You didn’t cut the tree You crushed the grapes of mercy And you poured a cup for me The Lamb and the vine, the blood and the wine Wild branches hanging where the old ones twine Not replaced, just brought inside Chosen still, and opened wide The Lamb and the vine You wore my ring you took my name You chased the fire into the flame I called you home through longing pleas Just how long before you answer me? Unfaithful bride, how long, how long? I’ve waited through all your wrong You broke our vows and fed the flame How long before I speak your name? The years have passed, the warnings spent The fire still burns, the vows still bend How many tears before I call the end? How long before I make you bend? Unfaithful bride, how long, how long? I’ve waited through all the wrong You broke the vows, you fed the flame How long before I speak your name, And put an end to your unholy games, And scrub you from the Book of Life, you shameful, you unfaithful wife Unfaithful bride… how long. The tenants killed the owner’s son The leaders lost the keys But the root was never ripped away It just reached past the leaves Rome drove the nails in The Lamb still spoke from the wood Father, forgive them Like You always would You didn’t burn the vineyard You didn’t cut the tree You crushed the grapes of mercy And you poured a cup for me The Lamb and the vine, the blood and the wine Wild branches hanging where the old ones twine Not replaced, just brought inside Chosen still, and opened wide The Lamb and the vine Yeah the Lamb and the vine