The Prophet Lyrics

The Prophet lyrics

Reluctant ride in the middle of the belly of a whale
A wheel on fire in the
middle of the sky
Abandoned baby kicking on the side of the road
And a
wife has died but you're denied the right to cry

Three men walk out
protected from a furnace of flame
One man cries out from a miry well
See
a man in the myrtles and women with the wind in their wings
Understand what
these seared lips can tell

Chorus:
I am the prophet and I smolder and
burn
I scream and cry and wonder why you never seemed to learn
To hear
with your own ears with your own eyes to see
I am the prophet, won't you
listen to me?
I am the prophet, won't you listen to me?

I hold out
hope to everyone who hears and understands
The Word of God can echo in the
voice of a man
He's the shadow of a great rock in a dry and weary
land
With the names of the ones He loved carved into His
hands

CHORUS

The sorrow in His anger, my eyes weep His
tears
His life alight in me
I am the sword that cuts His people
apart
I speak the Word that comforts their faithless hearts

CHORUS
(2x)

I am the prophet

Words and music by Michael Card
© 1992
Birdwing Music and BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP)