Mocker's Seat Lyrics

Baited hooks and hidden nets

Too many traps were set

I swallowed slow to not be seen

Don't mind this metal through my cheek

A prophet's weeping in my hills

My heart was set on shoot to kill

A good man sure is hard to find

When the churchmen compliment your crimes

Then I saw the Lord with His guard down

His signet ring was on the ground

Weeping like a mother for her child in need

And when you've seen the Almighty weep

And you're sitting in the mocker's seat

It's hard to look your Savior in the eyes

This is how I learned to hide

So I searched low and I searched high

Motherland in my mind's eye

I'm dreaming in a foreign tongue

longing for my long lost love

If you won't pull the thorn out of my side

Come rip the scales off of my eyes

Then I saw the Lord in Babylon

In the fiery furnace of my heart

Reaching like a mother for her child in need

And when you've seen the Almighty reach

For you through all your unbelief

You start to see your Savior with new eyes

This is how I found the light

I'm a broken reed returning home

To chew your mercy to the bone

Your mouth to feed

Your beast to tame

Your problem child is on the way

A stain for you to purify

To satisfy your appetite

I'll be the spear pressed in your side

And you can be my cleansing tide

All I am and all I own

Is salted for the altar stone

It's time to leave the mocker's seat

Believe that you'll be good to me

All I am and all I own

Is salted for the altar stone

It's time to leave the mocker's seat

Jesus you'll be good

Oh Christ you've gone too far this time

Laying down your life for mine

Reaching like a mother for your child in need

And when you've seen the Almighty bleed

There's nothing more you need to see

To look your precious Savior in the eyes

This is how I come alive

This is how I come alive

This is how I come alive