But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light,
Then we have fellowship with each other,
And the blood of Jesus, His son, cleanses us from all sin!
If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves, and not living in the truth.
But if we confess our sins to him, He is faithful,
And just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us, from all wickedness.
– And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven;
But blasphemy against the spirit will not be forgiven!
– Impurity, lust, and evil desires.
Don’t be greedy! For a greedy person is an idolater, worshipping the things of this world!
Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming!
– No temptation has overtaken you, except what is common to mankind,
And God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear!
– Fits of rage! Selfish ambition, dissensions, factions, and envy,
Drunkenness, orgies, and the like!
I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this
Will not inherit the kingdom of God!
– But if we walk in the light,
As He is in the light,
We have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus, His son, purifies us all from sin!
– For the wages of sin is death!
But the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ, our Lord!
– But if we are living in the light,
As God is in the light,
Then we have fellowship with each other,
And the blood of Jesus, His son, cleanses us from all sin!
If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves, and not living in the truth.
But if we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful,
And just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
– Pride! Greed! Wrath! Envy! Lust! Gluttony, and Sloth!
So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you.
Have nothing to do with sexual immorality!
– BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT!
– All of us have become like one who is unclean,
And all our righteous acts are like filthy rags!
We all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind, our sins sweep us away!
– No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind!
And God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear!
– "Vengeance is mine; I will repay!" says the Lord!
– There hath no temptation taken you but as is common to man.
But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above all!

From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture's there
The memory won't escape me

We're stuck in a place so dark
You can hardly see
The manner of matter that splits with the words I breathe
And as the rain drips acidic questions around me
I block out the sight of the powers that be
And duck away into the darkness
Times up
I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut so tight that it blurs into the world of pretend
And the eyes ease open
And it's dark again

From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture's there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care?

In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up

Listen to the sound
Dizzy from the ups and downs
I'm nauseated by the polluted rot that's all around
Watching the wheels of cars that pass
I look past to the last of the light and the long shadows it casts
A window grows and captures the eye
And cries out a yellow light as it passes me by
And a young shadowy figure sits in front of a box
Inside a building of rock with antennas on top, now
Nothing can stop in this land of the pain
The sane lose not knowing they were part of the game
And while the insides change
The box stays the same and the figure inside could bear anybody's name
The memories I keep are from a time like then
I put on my paper so I could come back to them
Someday I'm hoping to close my eyes and pretend
That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again

Yo, from the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture's there
The memory won't escape me

I'm here at this podium talking
The ceremonial offerings dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring
What's happening?
City governments are eternally napping
Trapped in greedy covenants
Causing urban collapsing
Bullets that scar souls with dark holes
Get more than your car stole, some parts be blacker than charcoal, for real
This society's deprivation depends not on our differences but the separation within
No preparation is made
Limited aid, minimum wage
Living in a tenement cage where rent isn't paid
Tragedy within a parade
The darkness overspreads like a permanent plague
I'm the forgotten

In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up