Serafim Lyrics

I have seen the temples and the altars
Built to terrify and to astound
Towering like mountains up to heaven
Or hiding out of reach below the ground

I have seen unfortunates at daybreak
Slain atop the gleaming pyramid
I saw mothers hand away their newborns
Lo, behold, don't shy away - I did!

Kodosh! Father, ye almighty!
The outer spheres and firmament are thine
The tragedy of man lies on my shoulders
Their vanity and holiness are mine

I have seen old crones and teenage women
Drowned and stoned and burning at their stakes
Oh rising through the atmosphere of prayers
At quiet country funeral wakes

Kodosh! Father, ye almighty!
The outer spheres and firmament are thine
The tragedy of man lies on my shoulders
Their vanity and holiness are mine

I have seen those blue-clod royal corpses
Frozen still on horseback in the snow
I have seen civilians and warriors
Beneath the fallen walls of Jericho

I have seen the cities of the old world
Crumbled to their core and ground to dust
Some were slowly swallowed by the sand waves
Others fell from devastating gusts