The Priest - 2 Meter Session

[00:05.69] I'm Peter van der Hold
[00:09.62] I'm 68 years old
[00:12.68] I doubt some questions have increased
[00:16.73] In 42 years of being a priest
[00:21.98] I'm at the end of my life
[00:25.15] I'm not sure if I'm gonna survive
[00:29.33] I often don't know what to say
[00:32.37] When I talk to Him, when I pray
[00:36.47] In reply I receive
[00:39.45] Only silence, no relief
[00:43.56] I've waited in vain for a little advice
[00:46.66] from that great voice in the ethereal skies
[00:52.05] Once I was revolutionary
[01:12.16] A devoted mercenary
[01:15.22] A gifted student in God's hands
[01:20.49] Now I'm old and sick of his demands
[01:23.53] I tried to be honest and good
[01:28.75] Did my job the best I could
[01:32.04] But I always stayed that average man
[01:36.28] Right in the spot where I'll began
[01:41.53] During the grief with which I've dealt
[01:45.82] Spent three decades since I've felt
[01:52.14] The certainty I so have thought 'bout the existence of the Lord
[01:58.30] I've seen enough, that's why I know
[02:04.68] God left this place, long long time ago
[02:22.17] I'll give him to my perish
[02:26.12] Things I don't have myself but cherish
[02:30.33] And namely love and charity
[02:35.62] Mostly purpose that's what sets you free
[02:38.71] So I'm where the metaphore
[02:42.79] I'm not comforting anymore
[02:45.71] I think I'm almost done with my search
[02:50.93] Got old so fast even in my church
[02:56.27] But feels as if I'm kept out
[02:58.45] Some sort of secret about
[03:02.62] The meaning of life sometimes
[03:08.02] Can't fail to notice these are mediocre types
[03:13.28] I've seen enough, that's why I know
[03:19.49] God left this place, long long time ago
[03:27.80] I've seen enough, that's why I know
[03:34.13] God left this place, long long time ago
[03:43.46] And time has made me good at one thing
[03:46.36] And horrible at everything else
[03:50.69] The blessings of a world divine
[03:53.82] Were always elsewhere and never mine
[03:59.38] Oh, I would like to hold someone
[04:04.48] Briefly maybe have some fun
[04:08.76] My body's hardly designed
[04:11.83] So I'm not really the hugging kind
[04:16.33] Not once has it been
[04:18.45] Someone with a softer skin
[04:22.57] Who reached out for me in the middle of the night
[04:27.85] 'Cause my own lumpy mattress would've turn on the light
[04:33.10] I think I've been miscast
[04:36.08] And the time of saints is passed
[04:40.03] My faith is reclassed but not least
[04:44.26] After 42 years of being a priest
[04:48.40] The church is like a woman
[04:51.67] Thing out of reach like a vision
[04:56.98] She glimmers in the distance which I could never quite get
[05:02.21] Now I've left you with my regret
[05:05.47] I've seen enough, that's why I know
[05:10.70] God left this place, long long time ago
[05:19.35] I've seen enough, that's why I know
[05:26.74] God left this place, long long time ago
[05:36.15] I've seen enough, that's why I know
[05:41.47] God left this place, long long time ago
[05:53.57] I've seen enough, that's why I know
[05:55.94] God left this place, long long time ago
[06:14.87] It's my portion, it's my call...
[06:15.77] It's my portion, it's my call...
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