Plagues Lyrics

Plagues lyrics

Performed by Ralph Fiennes and Amick Byran) 

  

 Chorus 

 Thus saith the Lord: 

 Since you refuse to free my people 

 All through the land of Egypt... 

  

 I send a pestilence and plague 

 Into your house, into your bed 

 Into your streams, into your streets 

 Into your drink, into your bread 

 Upon your cattle, on your sheep 

 Upon your oxen in your field 

 Into your dreams, into your sleep 

 Until you break, until you yield 

 I send the swarm, I send the horde 

 Thus saith the Lord 

  

 Moses 

 Once I called you brother 

 Once I thought the chance 

 to make you laugh 

 Was all I ever wanted... 

  

 Chorus 

 I send the thunder from the sky 

 I send the fire raining down 

  

 Moses 

 And even now I wish that God 

 had chose another 

 Serving s your foe on his behalf 

 Is the last thing that I wanted... 

  

 Chorus 

 I send a hail of burning ice 

 On ev'ry field, on ev'ry town 

  

 Moses 

 This was my home 

 All this pain and devastation 

 How it tortures me inside 

 All the innocent who suffer 

 From your stubbornness and pride... 

  

 Chorus 

 I send the locusts on a wind 

 Such as the world has never seen 

 On ev'ry leaf, on ev'ry stalk 

 Until there's nothing left of green 

 I send my scourge, I send my sword 

 Thus saith the Lord! 

  

 Moses 

 You who I called brother 

 Why must you call down another blow? 

  

 Chorus 

 I send my scourge, I send my sword 

  

 Moses 

 Let my people go 

  

 Moses and Chorus 

 Thus saith the Lord 

  

 Rameses 

 You who I called brother 

 How could you have come to hate me so? 

 Is this what you wanted? 

  

 Chorus 

 I send the swarm, I send the horde... 

  

 Rameses 

 Then let my heart be hardened 

 And never mind how high the cost may grow 

 This will still be so: 

 I will never let your people go... 

  

 Chorus 

 Thus saith the Lord: 

  

 Moses 

 Thus saith the Lord: 

  

 Rameses 

 I will not... 

  

 Moses, Rameses, and Chorus 

 Let your (my) people go