4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Intro - Both, layered]
What God hath joined
Let no man put asunder
The two become one
Before the morning comes
[Verse 1 - Husband]
You were given to me by a hand I cannot see
Before either of us knew what a covenant meant
I watched you cross a room and I knew
Something older than us was already at work
And now when I reach for you in the dark
I am not beginning anything
I am continuing what the Author wrote
Before the foundation of the world
[Pre-Chorus - Wife]
And this is not a contract
This is a thought the Lord thinks
Rendered in our hands, in our eyes
In the silence that holds more than it says
[Chorus - Both, harmony]
One flesh
One flesh
What God has joined, the grave cannot divide
One flesh
One flesh
A rendering of Christ and His bride
The covenant keeps
Past the morning, past the years
Past the seam where the body fails
One flesh
[Verse 2 - Wife]
I was given to you by a hand I did not see
Before either of us had a name to speak
The vow we made with witnesses
Was signed on a page that had waited for our ink
And now when I come to you in the night
I am not giving you something new
I am giving you the thing the Author gave
Before the first frame of the filmstrip moved
[Pre-Chorus - Husband]
And this is not obligation
This is a thought the Lord thinks
Rendered in my hands, in my eyes
In the breath that carries what it cannot speak
[Chorus - Both, harmony]
One flesh
One flesh
What God has joined, the grave cannot divide
One flesh
One flesh
A rendering of Christ and His bride
The covenant keeps
Past the morning, past the years
Past the seam where the body fails
One flesh
[Bridge - Trading lines]
(Husband) You are my home
(Wife) You are my ground
(Husband) You are the covenant in a body
(Wife) You are the picture of the Bridegroom
(Both, rising)
We are a picture
We are a picture
Of a Love older than ourselves
Of a Love that had us
Before we had each other
[Final Chorus - Both, soaring]
One flesh
One flesh
What God has joined, the grave cannot divide
One flesh
One flesh
A rendering of Christ and His bride
The covenant keeps
Past the morning, past the years
Past the seam where the body fails
One flesh
[Outro - Both]
One flesh
One flesh
Past the seam
Past the seam
We are one
Still one
One flesh
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