Eric McLaughlin - Drink This Cup, He Said

He stood on the shore, he said: Come and follow me
We left our nets for a hope and a light and a man fully of mystery
We traveled the roads, the towns and the hills and the waves on the sea
All the wonders we saw opened our eyes to a world of possibility
And we dreamed, of a kingdom to come
And a throne for us to sit at his side when all was said and done

Can you drink this cup, he said
With all your frailty and pride
I can drink this cup, my Lord
No hesitation, I replied

He said: my friend, before this night is through
You'll look on the face of a stranger and swear that I'm nothing to you
I said: the sun will rise when the morning's new
Such is the certainty that what you have said will never come true
Just then, in a moment void of sound
He caught my gaze, and my eyes dropped down to the ground

Will you drink this cup, he said
All you do not comprehend
I will drink this cup, my Lord
I will drain it to the end

He stood on the shore, with the fish on the coals
He was the morning that blazed in on all that the darkness stole
The rubble of sand, my thousand broken promises strewn
Simon do you love me? It's salt in the wound
Then a pause, then words of wonder
What he says is a promise and a mercy that tears my fears asunder

At the end of your days, it will not be as it was
At the end of your days, it will not be as it was
Where you do not want to go, you will go
Where you do not want to be led, you will be led
And when you do not return, it will be your great returning

You will drink this cup, he said
Though you do not comprehend
You will drink this cup, my son
You will drain it to the end

You will drink this cup, he said
Let your heart now be at rest
You will drink this cup, my son
There's no fear now left in death

Written by:
Eric McLaughlin

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