Gabriel

Recite, recite
The word eternal
The pre-eminent discourse
The dictum of the dead and the living

Deliver the sacred promise—
The birth pangs from God's own tongue

Your soul is a sea without a shore
Righteous slave
You've caught the eye of the Lord
Pulled straight from the right side of the mountain
They'll remember your name

You will speak
And I'll silence
The bastards, the reprobates
The ones who shut their ears to this decree

The raging oceans
The weeping orphan
Will be calmed by its sound

Galvanize
Dear messenger
Those who fell asleep
Refine the corrupted decree
Level the mountains
Raise the valleys
A barren garden
Births a miracle—a song of unmatched serenity

Sprouted as a eulogy
But reaped as a dirge

Watch it pierce your soul
Your bride and daughter battle
Black is the ink that's written
But it dries red

The final answer
To the question all have asked
And yet a question asking:
The response, can you withstand?

You will speak
And be speechless
With awe and dread you'll bear
The word of God that everyone will hear

The raging oceans
The weeping orphan
Will be calmed by its sound
But not before that deafening wind, overshadowed, has tortured them

Majesty
And terror
Will be a palindrome
Unspeakable its glory
Unspoken its pain