4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I lived a long time in a house
With every window painted black
I called the darkness normal
'Cause I never knew a crack
No argument could reach me
No good reason turned me 'round
I was sleeping in the basement
And I never heard a sound
[Chorus]
Then the lights came on
And I didn't flip the switch
One day the dark was over
And the whole house started lit
I didn't earn the morning
I didn't pray it down
He just walked in like an owner
And He turned the power on
The lights came on
[Verse 2]
I can't take credit for the dawn
It came before I asked
The wanting was the waking
And the waking came so fast
First the room, then the wonder
Then the tears I couldn't place
He'd already flipped the breaker
Before I saw His face
[Chorus]
Then the lights came on
And I didn't flip the switch
One day the dark was over
And the whole house started lit
I didn't earn the morning
I didn't pray it down
He just walked in like an owner
And He turned the power on
The lights came on
[Bridge]
Root access to the deepest room
Only His to hold
He rewrote me in the basement
Made the frozen wiring gold
[Final Chorus]
Then the lights came on
And I didn't flip the switch
One day the dark was over
And the whole house started lit
I didn't earn the morning
I didn't pray it down
He just walked in like an owner
And He turned the power on
The lights came on
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