me and jesus

i told jesus to go to hell
and surprisingly
woke up with holes in my hands
a cut on my side
and one hell of a righteous crown

i must say that i tried to run
but fell three times
a cross on my back
(and simon just stood there and laughed)

i met these three ladies
on my stroll to the hill
and they were all distressed
to see me in my sorry state
(and calling me some sort of king)

one came forth to wash my face
and i made that shroud so holy

but the image i left was not my own

not even rain

sentimental foolish boy
turning into a sentimental man
and the foolish games he plays
she holds them in her hands

a sophisticated girl
almost nothing more than a child
and there's nothing that she hates like him
and his wicked eyes and smile

and the whole world saw his face
as he quickly turned it away
he turned it away
she said "we've seen some better days..."
as they quietly fell from grace
they fell from grace

and he fell over his own words
they were words he created to fall
but he fell
and she waited for one last touch
for the touch that she wanted
to feel what he felt
and she felt what he felt

here they held their laughter up against their deepest fears
and smiling laughed and said "not even rain can touch us here"
here they closed their eyes
smiling holding back their tears
and shaking laughed and said "not even rain can touch us here"

and she'd never speak a word
of what she saw in his eyes
that made that woman a girl
and made that girl a child

and he'll never hold like that
and he'll never be understood
and no one can give that place to hide
at least not like she could

and the whole world helped him lay in the quiet place she made
he said "we've seen some better days..."
and she quietly fell from grace

and he fell over his own words
they were words he created to fall
but he fell
and she waited for one last touch
for the touch that she wanted
to feel what he felt
and she felt what he felt

here they held their laughter up against their deepest fears
and smiling laughed and said "not even rain can touch us here"
here they closed their eyes
smiling holding back their tears
and shaking laughed and said "not even rain can touch us here"

and now they're memories
and memory is the only way how not even rain can touch them now