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And then after all,

with our backs against the wall

We seek the temple of the living God.

And outside the gate

the cripples sit and wait

To see the temple of the living God

To see the temple of the living God

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Suffer, trespass, stranger redeemed, Leviticus 21: 18,

The blind, the lame, the flat nosed, superfluous

Broken footed on burning sand

The Priest, the seed, the blood stained hand

The leper testifies and turns to dust

And then after all,

with our backs against the wall

We seek the temple of the living God

And outside the gate

the cripples sit and wait

To see the temple of the living God

To see the temple of the living God

Oblation, vows, the promise of faith

Atonement, the wine, oil and cakes

The sheep, the goats, acceptable in his eyes

The maimed, the blemished, the scurvy scabbed

The creeping things, the firstborn lamb

Avail his presence in the house of sacrifice

And then after all,

with our backs against the wall

We seek the temple of the living God

And outside the gate

the cripples sit and wait

To see the temple of the living God

To see the temple of the living God

2. Another World

The tent of meeting at the center

and the tribes are camped around

With the banners of the living creatures

sticking right out of the ground

The brazen alter and the laver

are before the Holy Place

Like Moses did upon the mountain

he will meet them face to face

So sanctify every boy and girl

as we step into, step into,

Step into, into another world.

As you enter in the courtyard

there’s a smell of sacrifice

Reminding all the holy people

they must pay the highest price.

It’s like I’m staring out a window

into another world

Where the lamb is sitting with the lion

And the beast protects the girl

My soul projection is a-flyin' now

As I step into, step into,

step into, into another world

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3. The Outsider

I am no one

I hide outside

And I must stay in the darkness

'Cause the sun, it burns my eyes

The scapegoat leaves the people shout

With songs of mercy ringing out

But I am lonely

And dead inside

Clearly God doesn’t love me

So I’ll just wait outside

Watching the procession pass

The glory streams to earth at last

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4. Entrance

I see a man with hair as white as wool

Whose tongue’s a sharp-edged tool

With feet like burning brass

«Come», he says, «I'll be your guide of sorts

Into the outer courts

For I have made a way»

«For the unclean ones to come into the gate

To the weakest ones I will give my strength

And the lowest ones, they will be brought higher

Let the unclean ones be washed in the fire»

I am afraid, so I’ll stay where I am

But the Spirit takes my hand

and gently leads me in

Oh, there is the laver; He drops me in the bath

It’s like a sweet heart attack

And I hear his voice again…

Let the unclean ones come into the gate

To the weakest ones I will give my strength

And the lowest ones, they will be brought higher

Let the unclean ones be washed in the fire

Sweet elation come on, come on

I’m part of the Holy Nation

And the past is forever gone

Wash and see the looking glass

Second heaven’s coming fast

Seven candles so bright, so right

The incense burns on the mantle

As we eat the bread of life

And in third heaven’s Holy Grail

Awaits behind the final veil

After all with our backs against the wall

We seek the temple of the living God

After all with our backs against the wall

We seek the temple of the living God

We seek the temple of the living God

5. Bridge

The way, the way is open

The door is open

The veil is torn in two (Matthew 27: 51)

The veil is torn in two

And the way is open

Is open now the way

6. Inside His Presence

And in this place of gold

The ancients walked this road

There is no death

There is no time

There is a love unknown

There is a scent of home

A rainbow wreath

A blazing throne

From a grave of stone

to a world unknown

From the smoke and ash

comes true life at last

Among earth and sod

the very life of God is here

From a list of laws

seeing all our flaws

To the blind, the lame,

we are all the same

Our High Priest has come

to make us all as one in Him

The temple of his throne

Is now not made with stone

It is your heart that’s now His home

He will come and live

if you’ll only give

Him a place inside

that this world can’t buy

And the Holy Place

is now face to face in Christ

When He died and was born

the temple walls were torn

And God’s Spirit poured out

poured out to us

And the temple of

the living God is you

The temple of the living God is you

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7. The Temple of the Living God (Reprise)

And then after all

with our backs against the wall

We seek the temple of the living God

And now that it’s done

the heart of every one

Can be the temple of the living God

Can be the temple of the living God

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