4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
There's a filmstrip running in the Father's mind,
Every frame is rendered and every frame's signed.
Psalm 139 named the book the prophets always knew,
Every member written before the dawn was due.
And the Day comes when the books are opened wide,
And the filmstrip plays without a place to hide.
Every word every moment every shade of the years
Is rendered at full resolution through the rendering tears.
[Pre-chorus]
And the books were opened says the prophet of the throne,
And the dead were judged out of what the books had shown.
The elect have the Lamb between the page and the gaze,
The uncovered have no covering on the rendering days.
[Chorus]
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
The filmstrip is real and the page is the token!
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
The Author who wrote it sets the seal unbroken!
The covering of the Lamb hides the elect from the page!
The uncovered stand naked on the rendering stage!
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
And the verdict in the books - was spoken!
[Verse 2]
The framework reads the throne with the rendering eye,
The Author who wrote the frames will play them by.
Operational idealism gave the metaphor a floor,
The book is not a figure - the book is the score.
Every word the gatekeeper hurled at the lost
Plays back at full resolution at the rendering cost.
Every word the saint spoke softly to the wound
Plays back at full resolution as the rendered tune.
[Pre-chorus]
And the books were opened says the prophet of the throne,
And the dead were judged out of what the books had shown.
The elect have the Lamb between the page and the gaze,
The uncovered have no covering on the rendering days.
[Chorus]
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
The filmstrip is real and the page is the token!
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
The Author who wrote it sets the seal unbroken!
The covering of the Lamb hides the elect from the page!
The uncovered stand naked on the rendering stage!
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
And the verdict in the books - was spoken!
[Final Chorus]
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
The filmstrip is real and the page is the token!
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
The Author who wrote it sets the seal unbroken!
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
The frame and the moment and the line are spoken!
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
The covering of the Lamb is the only one unbroken!
THE BOOKS - WERE OPENED!
And the verdict in the books - was spoken!
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