Near Or Far

Everybody’s looking for Christ Everybody wants salvation And everybody pays a price For the bigger situation Everybody tries to conceive Of a Paradise somewhere – It’s at the end of history – Or it’s way up high in the air For some, the Kingdom is near For some, the City is far Some want their banquet right here Some envision it beyond the stars Everybody wants to end pain Everybody wants to rejoice A plan, reasonable and inhumane That speaks to the inner voice Everybody yearns to believe That everybody’s equal and free – The diversity of the leaves – The solidarity of the tree For some, the Kingdom is near Everybody would rebel Against a prison after birth Be it the cauldron of Hell Or the rusted factory of Earth Everybody craves to receive The body and the blood of man Either dished out by a priest Or exacted by a politician ‘Cause for some, the Kingdom is near While for some, the City is far Some want their banquet right here And some envision it beyond the stars.