BRIDEGROOM OF BLOOD (BALLADS OF THE EXODUS)
There on the eve of the Exodus
The Lord He came, He came to kill us
This is the story of the final night
Before the plagues started and I lost my wife
After what happened there in the inn
I wouldn't see my Zipporah again
But one more time before we began
Our long road to Canaan Land
On our way to Egypt I
Stopped at an inn just for the night
With uncircumcised sons and a bitter wife
Who was offended at I AM and I
At first
I didn't understand why He came to meet us
His ways in those days were so mysterious
His commands indeed proved to be serious
Infinitely kind, but O so furious
Did He come to save or bury us
Was He there to kill or marry us
Did He appear to divide or unite us
Did He draw He near to prepare or to fight us
That night the Lord almost took my life
My wife Zipporah she took a knife
Oh and with a bloody piece of skin
There she made atonement for our sin
The sin we refused to admit we were in
Was the sin of compromising
We didn't obey His command to circumcise
Not just our flesh, but our hearts and lives
I didn't even realize
All the years of compromise
And consequence of all the little lies
I told myself to just to survive
It wasn't about the foreskin or the blood
It was always about our hearts and our love
He wanted it all, not just our skin
He wanted us free from the lies we were living
If I was going to set my people free