Lyrics
The rivers of Babylon flow
And fall
And carry away
Jesus is alone on Earth
Not merely with no one to feel and share his agony
But with no one even to know of it
Heaven and He are the only ones to know
Jesus is in a garden
Not of delight, like the first Adam
Who fell and took with him all mankind
But of agony
Where he has saved himself
And all mankind
He suffers this anguish and abandonment
In the horror of the night
Jesus will be in agony
Until the end of the world
There must be no resting in the meantime
Jesus will be will be in agony
Until the end of the world
There must be no resting in the meantime
To Eden with me, you will not leave
To live in my cottage of crazy crooked Eves
In your own heavy home, take care of this night
When you let your little cat in, turn on the light
Something scurries behind and finds a cozy place to stare
Something sent to you from paradise, paradisaically somewhere
Tongues flouring, they leap out laughing
Lapping, disappear
