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If Only I Had Believed
It sounded so farfetched, so much off the wall
It was yelled from the mountain top but I didn't heed the call
I thought about it often, what if it was all true
But I though much more often of the things I had to do
Corporate ladders to climb, money to be made
Checks to be signed, debts to be paid
Weekends at the beach, big games to attend
Hot dinner dates and parties with my friends
Family was important but some of them went crazy
I couldn't let all that God stuff faze me
Holidays at the parents' house was like going to church
All of them so holy, judging me from their perch
Well that's all over now; they are not around
In a second, in a twinkling they were nowhere to be found
It took a while to see it but I think it might be true
That the God they talked about did just what they said he'd do
The rapture stuff was true and I've been left behind
The thought of what is coming next is blowing my mind
The terror that is coming, the total destruction
The pain and the suffering accompanied by corruption
I have nowhere to run, I have nowhere to hide
And I've lost to only people who were truly on my side
The only way to escape the tribulation that is to come
Is the very person I spent my entire life running from
If only I had believed that Jesus was the only sacrifice
That God sent Him here to pay the sinners price
If only I had excepted the offer, If only I opened the door
I would not have to face what the future has in store
I would trade everything I own to have the chance again
To except the invitation to have Jesus as my friend
But now it's too late for me and everyone else still here
Now walk the path I chose in trembling and in fear
I feel so foolish, I feel so deceived
If only I had listened, if only I had believed
J. Moore
10-12-2014
It was yelled from the mountain top but I didn't heed the call
I thought about it often, what if it was all true
But I though much more often of the things I had to do
Corporate ladders to climb, money to be made
Checks to be signed, debts to be paid
Weekends at the beach, big games to attend
Hot dinner dates and parties with my friends
Family was important but some of them went crazy
I couldn't let all that God stuff faze me
Holidays at the parents' house was like going to church
All of them so holy, judging me from their perch
Well that's all over now; they are not around
In a second, in a twinkling they were nowhere to be found
It took a while to see it but I think it might be true
That the God they talked about did just what they said he'd do
The rapture stuff was true and I've been left behind
The thought of what is coming next is blowing my mind
The terror that is coming, the total destruction
The pain and the suffering accompanied by corruption
I have nowhere to run, I have nowhere to hide
And I've lost to only people who were truly on my side
The only way to escape the tribulation that is to come
Is the very person I spent my entire life running from
If only I had believed that Jesus was the only sacrifice
That God sent Him here to pay the sinners price
If only I had excepted the offer, If only I opened the door
I would not have to face what the future has in store
I would trade everything I own to have the chance again
To except the invitation to have Jesus as my friend
But now it's too late for me and everyone else still here
Now walk the path I chose in trembling and in fear
I feel so foolish, I feel so deceived
If only I had listened, if only I had believed
J. Moore
10-12-2014
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If Only I Had Believed
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