As the circle forms tonight
And I take my place to execute my "right"
Call the filthy ones into my sight
Bring the sinners one by
one
Stones of judgment shall avenge the things they've done
But then I raise my head and stare into the Son
Oh, then I feel
my blood run cold
Eyes like the sharpest blade
That penetrate to the bottom of my soul
Words of truth that cut so deep
You
write the lines of mystery
I stumble and the stone I held in hand is cast away
When the mirror's shown to me
I see my own
hypocrisy
And weep upon the writing in the sand
All the things I try to hide
All the times that I avoid your eyes
Thinking
somehow I can live the lie
When the truth becomes too great
And I can't try to clean my rotten, filthy state
Or the hidden sins
that doom me to my fate
Oh, I can't hide it from Your sight
You search out the secret things, the darkest dreams
And reveal
them in the light
Words of truth that cut so deep
You write the lines of mystery
I stumble and the stone I held in hand is
cast away
When the mirror's shown to me
I see my own hypocrisy
And weep upon the writing in the sand
[Solo]
When
the writing in the sand has washed away
I could never turn and walk the other way
For the words are carved into my very soul
And
the light exposes everything I know
And all I've ever known
Let him who had no sin
Cast the first stone
When the mirror's
shown to me
I see my own hypocrisy
And weep upon the writing in the sand
Words of truth that cut so deep
You write the lines
of mystery
I stumble and the stone I held in hand is cast away
When the mirror's shown to me
I see my own hypocrisy
And weep
upon the writing in the sand
[Repeat chorus]