From Cana of Galillee, a village northeast of Nazareth
Came the fourth apostle to whom the Lord was manifest
It is Nathanael whom Christ made a promise to
Better known by the surname Bartholomew
Then they found the one of whom the Torah spoke
Then they found the one of whom Isaiah wrote
Then God incarnate, then God in human form
Saw the son of Talmai under the sycamore
An Israelite indeed in whom there is no deceit
An Israelite indeed who shall see greater things than these
(Can anything good come out of Nazareth?)
Come and see Heaven open
And the angels of God
Ascending and descending
Upon the Son of God
After receiving his commission this is how tradition goes
The apostle traveled to some place along the western coast
Of the Indian subcontinent and sailed across its rivers
He preached along the banks to the pagans and the sinners
Then brought the Gospel to the kingdom of Armenia
Along with Thaddeus to where the ancient cities are
And persecution to these men of God it mattered not
For they converted the daughter of King Sanatruk
Shortly thereafter he was captured by the platoon
Who had planned for the apostle to face the ultimate doom
And on a hill a few miles somewhere to the east of Baskale
Is where the soul of Bartholomew was ripped from his body
(Ripped from his body)
Ripped from his body
(Ripped from his body)
Ripped from his body
Flaying was the way by which they obliterated him
While still alive the sharpened blade would penetrate the skin
And peel off the dermal layers leading to hypothermic death
By the loss of blood and exposure of the underlying flesh
Now he had climbed the ladder that leads to eternal life
To see the kingdom of Heaven opened for the second time
Rabbi you are the Son of God
You are the King of Israel
Rabbi you are the Son of God
You are the King of Israel
The Son of God
As Jacob slept, he too would see the great things
His stairway pointed to the King of all kings
Behold, what are these glorious things?
A promise fulfilled in the salvation He brings
As Jacob slept, he too would see the great things
His stairway pointed to the King of all kings
Behold, what are these glorious things?
A promise fulfilled in the salvation He brings