Turn (Judas’s Song)

Turn (Judas' Song)

Brian West

Why am I following this Rabbi ‘cross the land,
When I could be somewhere else?
Perhaps it’s curiosity, telling me
To see it for myself

But as I’m following, I cannot understand
How it really fits together
The targets of His woes and blessings seem to flow,
And change just like the weather;
He changes like the weather

Turn to the words of life eternal,
Learn to trust the Speaker
Search if you must, but cling to
The Voice you heard, and find your healing . . . find your healing

Another night, another coded mystery
Rambles ‘round inside my head
I fill the air with my despair,
I feel the evil overwhelm and wish me dead

But I must scrutinize and grasp at every word
Until I put it all together
Convinced that I see through the lies
And all the ways He changes like the weather—I’m sure that I know better

Turn to the words of life eternal,
Learn to trust the Speaker
Search if you must, but cling to
The Voice you heard, and find your healing
Turn from the worry that swirls
Around your mind and find Him standing
Give up the chase and embrace
The limits of your understanding, your understanding

From all you say, you would betray
The very ground you’ve found to stand on,
To chase a wind-blown feather
Why can’t you just reach out and
Trust the One you so rashly abandoned,
Who held you so together,
Who could even change the weather

Turn to the words of life eternal,
Learn to trust the Speaker
Search if you must, but cling to
The Voice you heard, and find your healing
Turn from the worry that swirls
Around your mind and find Him standing
Give up the chase and embrace
The limits of your understanding, your understanding

Why am I following this Rabbi ‘cross the land,
When I could be somewhere else?