God's Own Fool (Scandalon Album Version)-Michael Card

[ti:God's Own Fool (Scandalon Album Version)] [ar:Michael Card] [al:The Early Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]God's Own Fool (Scandalon Album Version) - Michael Card [00:09.19]Seems I've imagined Him all of my life [00:13.15]As the wisest of all of mankind [00:15.43] [00:17.41]But if God's Holy wisdom is foolish to men [00:21.16] [00:21.81]He must have seemed out of His mind [00:25.20] [00:26.16]For even His family said He was mad [00:30.28]And the priests said a demon's to blame [00:33.64] [00:34.66]But God in the form of this angry young man [00:38.96]Could not have seemed perfectly sane [00:42.28] [00:43.45]When we in our foolishness thought we were wise [00:47.10] [00:47.80]He played the fool and He opened our eyes [00:51.91]When we in our weakness believed we were strong [00:55.61] [00:56.15]He became helpless to show we were wrong [01:00.69] [01:01.58]And so we follow God's own fool [01:05.26] [01:05.86]For only the foolish can tell- [01:09.21] [01:10.06]Believe the unbelievable [01:13.52] [01:14.59]And come be a fool as well [01:17.84] [01:27.33]So come lose your life for a carpenter's son [01:31.43]For a madman who died for a dream [01:34.99] [01:35.84]And you'll have the faith His first followers had [01:39.52] [01:40.07]And you'll feel the weight of the beam [01:43.45] [01:44.28]So surrender the hunger to say you must know [01:48.58]Have the courage to say I believe [01:51.94] [01:52.84]For the power of paradox opens your eyes [01:56.89] [01:57.40]And blinds those who say they can see [02:00.46] [02:01.66]When we in our foolishness thought we were wise [02:05.44] [02:06.00]He played the fool and He opened our eyes [02:09.76] [02:10.30]When we in our weakness believed we were strong [02:14.02] [02:14.54]He became helpless to show we were wrong [02:18.91] [02:20.18]And so we follow God's own fool [02:23.68] [02:24.24]For only the foolish can tell- [02:27.16] [02:28.41]Believe the unbelievable [02:32.20] [02:32.91]And come be a fool as well [02:35.94] [02:37.07]So we follow God's own fool [02:40.83] [02:41.40]For only the foolish can tell- [02:44.60] [02:45.60]Believe the unbelievable [02:49.21] [02:49.96]And come be a fool as well