Matthias Replaces Judas - Showbread VERSE 1 E C#m It is so that my transgressions have born a withered fruit A B The sun has scorched the rising plants, alas they have no root E C#m The bleached bones of animals bound by leather strips A B Dance through the air with laughter as I wield this wicked whip INTERLUDE 1 E - Bm - C#m - Bm E - Bm - C#m - Bm VERSE 2 As you did warn me carpenter, this world has weakened my heart So easily I disparage, self-seeking the work of my art And there you have come to me, at the moment I bathe in my sorrow So in love with myself, sought after avoiding tomorrow VERSE 3 Where do you find the love to offer he who betrays you? And offer to wash my feet as I offer to disobey you Your beauty does bereave me, and how my words do fail So faithfully and dutifully I award you with betrayal INTERLUDE 2 E - B - C#m - B E - B - C#m - B E - C#m - A - C#m - B E - C#m - A - B VERSE 4 C#m A The weak and the down trodden fall on broken legs E Abm As I walk past a smile I cast, fervor in my stead C#m A But my bones like plastic, do buckle backward now E Abm I lay in this field by Judas, anticipate the plow VERSE 5 E A I can not be forgiven; my wages will be paid C#m B For those more lovely and admirable is least among the saved E A And where would I fit, Jesus? What place is left for me? C#m B E The price of atonement is more than I've found to offer up as my plea INTERLUDE 3 E - Ebm - C#m - B E - Ebm - C#m - B VERSE 6 E Abm C#m Bm Jesus my heart is all I have to give to you, so weak and so unworthy E Abm C#m This simply will not do, no alabaster jar, no diamond in the rough Bm E For your body that was broken, how can this be enough? Abm C#m by me you were abandoned, by me you were betrayed Bm E Yet in your arms and in your heart forever I have stayed Abm C#m Your glory illuminates my life, and no darkness will descend Bm E For you have lived forever, and your love will never end OUTRO E - Ebm - C#m - B - E