Sympathy for Paul

Sympathy for Paul - Derek Webb

Lyrics by：Derek Webb

Composed by：Derek Webb

Hey Paul it's not that

I don't believe your story

That you saw the lord appearing

In all his glory

You fell down at his feet

In the middle of the street

And then you couldn't see for a week

But say Paul I wonder

Would it scandalize you

If you saw how everyone has canonized you

How every word you said

Was on god's own letterhead

And his spirit was caught in your throat

Now every Pharisee must die eventually

By every word that you wrote Paul

Hey Paul brother

Don't misunderstand me

After all we're so alike

That it's uncanny

We've said so many words about

A man we only heard about

But we've never seen his face

And we're both running from

The men that we'd become

Before we changed our names Paul

You're still killing us Paul

You're still killing us Paul

You're still killing us

So hey Paul if you could

See would you regret it

How the law made you see

Yourself as wretched

Would it break your heart

To know that your church won't marry folks

Whose love it sees as a thorn

Because maybe you never knew

That Jesus was loving you

Exactly the way you were born Paul

By accident or not

You're still killing us Paul

Maybe it breaks your heart

You're still killing us Paul

Brother do you hear us crying out

You're still killing us