Grounded in Utah

Grounded long

In Utah

Salvation

Sol le’ ban

In desert sands

A broken promise land

Slipping through the cracks of salt

A mustard seed taking root they weed

And grind their faces in the fault

As every time I turned the other cheek

You smote the jawbone of an ass

And of a truth you surely like to beat

Around the burning bush

Alas, on a shattered sea of glass in my bare feet

Grounded long

In Utah

Salvation

Sol le’ ban

Religion’s tort like a spectators sport

Hunting snipe to feed the crowd

Return to dust the substance of your trust

Authority--your golden cow

Removing the large beam from mine own eye

I am that I’m a blind man

I’d pluck them out but I need them to cry

The pains of one abandoned

Please lend a hand that’s not cut off

Grounded long

In Utah

Salvation

Sol le’ ban

I saw a sign--facing two mirrors to find

Their “kick me” on my back not God’s

As shepherds mind, then leave the ninety nine

Just to look out for number one

Believing children take you at your word

There safe within your hive, Oh mighty queen

Alas their mother’s milk has turned to curd

Nectar sinful sweet, but in your honey I taste the sting

Grounded long in Utah

Salvation

Sol le’ ban

O’ ye liars’

Baptism quest for fire

Be as snuffed

The SPF of darkness not enough

To cheat the day of burning

Yearning and defrocked of station

Self-righteous pride

Salvation sunblock

Nail my wings to grounded things

Chain me to the task of now

Starved and cold in a land of gold

They trade in buffalo chip rounds

So treasure up those broken hearts you own

For there yours shall be also

Then wash your hands like Pilate’s in the cold

The wine you tread blood red

"Would you believe--you’re soaking in it!”

Time to open your eyes

It’s your sole salvation

Your soul salvation