Aish Tamid

The place lays phased like a warrior slayed
Engraved into the space with his sword still raised
Layers of charcoal sprayed through hallways
Praise relays off the walls echoin always
Dirt covered earth lays beneath my rib cage
Givin birth to overgrowth invadin on to path ways
Burnt out trees cover streets where children once played
Sown seeds decay through sacred steppin stones in disarray
Where the alter used to be placed
Interchanged for bloodstains
Sunrays illuminate smoke filled haze
Trace of incense, scents of sacrifice stayed
Aish Tamid eternally, fire burns continuously
Wondering where youve been, wont you come on home to me?
Aish Tamid eternally, a fire burns continuously
Wondering where youve been, wont you, wont you come to me?
Flashback, patches of grass growin wild in fact
Cracked walls burnt black like a kingdom sacked
Memories like artifacts attacked yet still intact
Melodies wrapped in glass shatter with the impact
Air interminglin, ringin with the singin
Of songs once sung, flung, hung into the rafters
Catastrophe struck, the sound stuck, disaster plastered
The aftermath a blasted buildin still standin
Like a starved man fasting the skies expandin
Clouds passin, dust particles dancin in broken bars of light
Streamin from a shaft slashed into the ceilin
Shh, you could feel the ground breathin
Aish Tamid eternally, fire burns continuously
Wondering where youve been, wont you come on home to me?
Aish Tamid eternally, a fire burns continuously
Wondering where youve been, wont you, wont you come to me?
Daughter of
Zion is lyin cryin in the mist
Mornin light slips in siftin through the darkness
Like a mornin wife reminisce
Having visions of her long gone prince
Memory drips, rain drops tip
Towin emptiness
Intermixed with tears
Like fears left unfixed
Walls worn thin, frozen fortress
Like dawn waitin for a day that got skipped
Like a life gone wrong wanderin wilderness
Lovesick stripped abyss [Incomprehensible ] once luscious
Aish Tamid eternally, fire burns continuously
Wondering where youve been, wont you come on home to me?
Aish Tamid eternally, a fire burns continuously
Wondering where youve been, wont you , wont you come to me?
Paint the scene, so you can see city pickin up speed
On a bench 14th street, taxis streamin yellow streaks
Spears piercing through my ears, you could hear the traffic speak
Jack hammers drill smackin through the sizzling concrete
Windowsills spilling tangled telephone wires
Signs sparking neon lights flashin like wildfire
My insides rise,
I start to feel paralyzed
Let out a sigh, a melody blew by like an ancient war cry
Sunlight hit the trees, it really caught my eye
Glistenin, listenin to the breeze
Dancin through the trees, freeze
The city goes in slow motion like a dream
Im left empty like a temple turned into a fox den
Bus fumes drippin, spittin into city summer sun
Siftin through the ash
Dimly lit vision listenin
To the hiss liftin off a nighttime ocean
Shim, shim, shimmerin, singein hair on my skin
Whispering where ya been?
Glim, glim, glimmerin
From amidst the darkness set sail with the softness
Breeze travelin across the seas arisen from within
Mt. ZionWind comin in, pickin up momentum
Cuttin crisply through the darkness ridin on a rhythm
A rollercoaster sizzlin
Twistin down the mountain
Rippin rocket ship explodin like a fountain
Overflowin, spillin through the courtyard of
JerusalemUncoverin debris, liftin up the fallen arisen within
To reach the yiddin
Even in Manhattan, exposed
MenorahGlowin in the shadows of destruction
Trailblazin through affliction
Brushin off the branches
Golden standin strong, flames dancin
Like a lion roarin, risin out of nothin