4th century BC
Plato
- Idealism — forms over particulars
- The Republic ethic: “God is not the author of evil”
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Two children in the garden
Two cradles in the cold
One bears the image of the Maker
Ohh-ee-ah, one the serpent's hold
Not a choice that they were handed
Not a wage that they were owed
Two seeds the Author planted
Down two different roads
[Pre-Chorus]
Ae-ee-ohh-aehh… the clay is in His hand,
Oh-ee-ah-ohh… and who are we to stand
[Chorus]
As far as the rock is from the apple
Oh-ee-OH-ee, as far as the night is from the noon
Two seeds, two seeds, and never the same
One for the dark and one for the moon
AAAH-ee-yah, don't ask me how and don't ask me why
The Potter holds the clay
He made one vessel for the morning
And one for the breaking day
[Verse 2]
And I was the stony ground
I was the serpent's kind
Till a Hand reached in the soil of me
Ohh-ee-ah, and changed the seed inside
He didn't find me worthy
He didn't find me good
He authored a new creature
Where the old one stood
[Chorus]
As far as the rock is from the apple
Oh-ee-OH-ee, as far as the night is from the noon
Two seeds, two seeds, and never the same
One for the dark and one for the moon
AAAH-ee-yah, don't ask me how and don't ask me why
The Potter holds the clay
He made one vessel for the morning
And one for the breaking day
[Bridge]
MERCY! Mercy! Not of him that wills
Eh-eh-eh, not of him that runs the hills
MERCY! Mercy! Only of the One
Aaah-YEH-ohh, who set the seed before the sun
[Final Chorus]
As far as the rock is from the apple
Oh-ee-OH-ee, as far as the grave is from the throne
Two seeds, two seeds, and never the same
But He came for the dark and He carried me HOME
AAAH-ee-yah, don't ask me how and don't ask me why
The Potter holds the clay
And He made this vessel for the morning
And He kept me for the day
[Extended Outro]
Two seeds… two seeds… oh-ee-ah…
Mercy… mercy… aaah-YEH-ohh…
He carried me home… he carried me home…
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