Dead To Death
Embracing Life Beyond Death: Paramaecium's Revelatory Journey
Lyrics
When I saw him I fell at his feet as though dead.
Prostration in awe or reverence upon seeing a divine figure.
Then he placed his right hand on me and said:
The divine figure reassures and comforts the speaker.
â??Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
Identification of the divine figure as the First and the Last, dispelling fear.
I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold
Assertion of the divine figure's eternal life, having overcome death.
I am alive for ever and ever!
Declaration of eternal existence.
And I hold the keys of death and Hades.â?
Claiming authority over death and Hades, symbolized by holding keys.
BRIDGE
Introduction to a bridge section.
Discard all remnants of malice
Encouragement to discard negative emotions and behaviors, leaving them to the divine Keeper.
Deal with the remains of deceit
-Annihilate all sense of hypocrisy
-Leave it at the Keeper's feet
-REFRAIN
Introduction to a refrain section.
Benevolence riling malevolence
Contrast between benevolence and malevolence, emphasizing grace's triumph over death, leading to being "Dead to death."
Grace prevailing over death
-Reaping the life of such prevalence
-Dead to death.
-â??Follow meâ? said the Keeper as he walked the earth
The Keeper's call to follow on Earth.
â??Let the dead bury their own deadâ?
Advisory statement to let spiritually dead handle their own concerns.
â??Do not be afraid of those who kill the body
Caution against fearing those who harm the body; rather, fear the one who can harm both body and soul in Hell.
But cannot kill the soul.
-Rather, be afraid of the one who can
-Destroy both soul and body in Hell.â?
-BRIDGE
Introduction to another bridge section.
Scrape out all feelings of envy
Encouragement to eliminate negative emotions and submit to the Keeper, symbolized by nailing troubles to a tree.
From slander your lips should be free
-It's time to submit to the Keeper
-Nail these things to the tree.
-REFRAIN
Conclusion of the refrain section.
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