Libitina Shibboleth

Treat me like dirt



I can take the hurt



As long as you say you love me



I will try to walk on water for you



All you need do is tread gently on me



Ill bear the burden of guilt for the world



The pain and the blame for all that goes wrong



No need for trickery to carry the load



Only too willingly Ill take it on







Couldnt you see Id have walked through fire



Just to hear you speak my name



With the pride and the joy you used to show?







The words that we said have lost all sense



In the Babel that has engulfed me



Many are the voices saying different things



I cant hear my own in the din



Many are the lines to read between



And I seem suddenly to have lost my place



Even the unity that was your voice



Has shattered into barbs that pain me







Couldnt you see Id have walked through fire



Just to hear you speak my name



With the pride and the joy you used to show?







Shibboleth, all meaning gone



Shibboleth, its time to move on







Couldnt you see Id have walked through fire



Just to hear you speak my name



With the pride and the joy you used to show?







The promises we made in faith have dissolved



In the flood of tears I have wept for you



The firm ground on which we used to stand



Submerged by your own knowing hand



Underwater held until it drowned



Only then Love did you baptise it



And seek to return me to your arms



The fallen with garlands now re-crowned
[ Shibboleth Lyrics ]